Change on a year earlierAugust 2020Maternal and child
Lakshadweep: still-birth ratio rose to 31.9 per 1,000 births in August 2020, against 15.9 a year earlier (+101%).
What happened
- August 2020
- 31.9
- August 2019
- 15.9
- Change
- +16.0
- Change, per cent
- +101%
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 2019, which removes ordinary seasonality. This comparison involves the COVID-19 disruption period (March 2020 – June 2021), when service use and reporting fell sharply. One of these values is a small-sample estimate; treat the change with caution.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | 31.9 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, August 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/E-Aug.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 "Lakshadweep", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| August 2019 | 15.9 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, August 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/E - August.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 "Lakshadweep", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for still-birth ratio in Lakshadweep
- Lakshadweep: still-birth ratio fell to 0.0 per 1,000 births in May 2021, against 8.7 a year earlier (−100%).
- Lakshadweep's still-birth ratio of 0.0 per 1,000 births in May 2021 is below the India figure of 16.4 (−100%).
- Lakshadweep: still-birth ratio fell to 0.0 per 1,000 births in April 2021, against 13.0 a year earlier (−100%).
- Lakshadweep: still-birth ratio fell to 0.0 per 1,000 births in January 2021, against 13.0 a year earlier (−100%).
- Lakshadweep: still-birth ratio in December 2020 was 12.3 per 1,000 births, above the 3-year median of 0.0 for the same month (from none).
- Lakshadweep: still-birth ratio in November 2020 was 9.8 per 1,000 births, above the 3-year median of 0.0 for the same month (from none).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Lakshadweep: still-birth ratio rose to 31.9 per 1,000 births in August 2020, against 15.9 a year earlier (+101%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, August 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/still-birth-ratio--lakshadweep--2020-08--yoy_change
See also Lakshadweep and 31.9 per 1,000 births in context.