Change on a year earlierMay 2021Maternal and child
Madhya Pradesh: still-birth ratio rose to 27.4 per 1,000 births in May 2021, against 20.6 a year earlier (+33%).
What happened
- May 2021
- 27.4
- May 2020
- 20.6
- Change
- +6.7
- Change, per cent
- +33%
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 | 27.4 | 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 "Madhya Pradesh", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| May 2020 | 20.6 | 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 "Madhya Pradesh", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for still-birth ratio in Madhya Pradesh
- Madhya Pradesh: still-birth ratio of 27.4 per 1,000 births in May 2021 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Madhya Pradesh: still-birth ratio in May 2021 was 27.4 per 1,000 births, above the 4-year median of 17.8 for the same month (+53%).
- Madhya Pradesh: still-birth ratio of 20.6 per 1,000 births in May 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Madhya Pradesh: still-birth ratio of 14.6 per 1,000 births in January 2020 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Madhya Pradesh: still-birth ratio of 18.0 per 1,000 births in September 2019 is the highest since May 2018.
- Madhya Pradesh: still-birth ratio rose to 16.9 per 1,000 births in March 2019, against 14.7 a year earlier (+15%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Madhya Pradesh: still-birth ratio rose to 27.4 per 1,000 births in May 2021, against 20.6 a year earlier (+33%). 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--madhya-pradesh--2021-05--yoy_change
See also Madhya Pradesh and 27.4 per 1,000 births in context.