Change on a year earlierApril 2020Maternal and child
Meghalaya: still-birth ratio rose to 28.3 per 1,000 births in April 2020, against 17.2 a year earlier (+65%).
What happened
- April 2020
- 28.3
- April 2019
- 17.2
- Change
- +11.1
- Change, per cent
- +65%
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.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | 28.3 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/A-Apr.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 "Meghalaya", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| April 2019 | 17.2 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/A - April.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 "Meghalaya", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for still-birth ratio in Meghalaya
- Meghalaya: still-birth ratio in April 2021 was 24.5 per 1,000 births, above the 4-year median of 18.3 for the same month (+34%).
- Meghalaya's still-birth ratio of 23.4 per 1,000 births in March 2021 is above the India figure of 10.8 (+118%).
- Meghalaya: still-birth ratio of 23.4 per 1,000 births in March 2021 is the lowest since January 2020.
- Meghalaya: still-birth ratio in February 2021 was 27.0 per 1,000 births, above the 3-year median of 18.8 for the same month (+44%).
- Meghalaya: still-birth ratio in January 2021 was 27.9 per 1,000 births, above the 3-year median of 21.1 for the same month (+32%).
- Meghalaya: still-birth ratio rose to 27.9 per 1,000 births in January 2021, against 21.0 a year earlier (+33%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Meghalaya: still-birth ratio rose to 28.3 per 1,000 births in April 2020, against 17.2 a year earlier (+65%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/still-birth-ratio--meghalaya--2020-04--yoy_change
See also Meghalaya and 28.3 per 1,000 births in context.