RecordMay 2020Maternal and child
Kerala: still-birth ratio of 4.4 per 1,000 births in May 2020 is the highest since February 2019.
What happened
- May 2020
- 4.4
- 2019-02
- 4.6
Why it matters
A record says how long it has been since the series was this high or this low. It puts a single value in the context of the whole published history.
For still-birth ratio, lower is better. This movement is therefore assessed as a deterioration.
Historical context
14 consecutive earlier months were lower.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | 4.4 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/B-May.xlsx: ('4.1.3' Still Birth) / ('4.1.1.a' Live Birth - Male + '4.1.1.b' Live Birth - Female + '4.1.3' Still Birth) × 1000; column "Kerala", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| February 2019 | 4.6 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, February 2019 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/A.MonthWise/K - February.xls: ('4.1.3' Still Birth) / ('4.1.1.a' Live Birth - Male + '4.1.1.b' Live Birth - Female + '4.1.3' Still Birth) × 1000; column "Kerala", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for still-birth ratio in Kerala
- Kerala: still-birth ratio of 5.5 per 1,000 births in May 2021 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Kerala: still-birth ratio of 5.2 per 1,000 births in March 2021 is the highest since February 2018.
- Kerala: still-birth ratio rose to 5.2 per 1,000 births in March 2021, against 3.4 a year earlier (+55%).
- Kerala: still-birth ratio in March 2021 was 5.2 per 1,000 births, above the 3-year median of 4.3 for the same month (+21%).
- Kerala: still-birth ratio rose to 4.6 per 1,000 births in February 2021, against 3.2 a year earlier (+43%).
- Kerala: still-birth ratio of 4.8 per 1,000 births in January 2021 is the highest since February 2018.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Kerala: still-birth ratio of 4.4 per 1,000 births in May 2020 is the highest since February 2019. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/still-birth-ratio--kerala--2020-05--record
See also Kerala and 4.4 per 1,000 births in context.