Change on a year earlierMay 2021Maternal and child
Ladakh: still-birth ratio rose to 17.4 per 1,000 births in May 2021, against 8.8 a year earlier (+98%).
What happened
- May 2021
- 17.4
- May 2020
- 8.8
- Change
- +8.6
- Change, per cent
- +98%
Why it matters
Comparing a week or month with the same week or month a year earlier removes ordinary seasonality: monsoon-season fever, the March reporting rush. What remains is change the calendar does not explain.
For still-birth ratio, lower is better. This movement is therefore assessed as a deterioration.
Historical context
Compared with the same month of 2020, which removes ordinary seasonality. This comparison involves the COVID-19 disruption period (March 2020 – June 2021), when service use and reporting fell sharply.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | 17.4 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional) | 2021-2022(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 "Ladakh", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| May 2020 | 8.8 | 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 "Ladakh", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Ladakh: still-birth ratio rose to 17.4 per 1,000 births in May 2021, against 8.8 a year earlier (+98%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/still-birth-ratio--ladakh--2021-05--yoy_change
See also Ladakh and 17.4 per 1,000 births in context.