Change on a year earlierApril 2020Maternal and child
Mizoram: still-birth ratio fell to 7.9 per 1,000 births in April 2020, against 12.0 a year earlier (−34%).
What happened
- April 2020
- 7.9
- April 2019
- 12.0
- Change
- −4.1
- Change, per cent
- −34%
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 an improvement.
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 | 7.9 | 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 "Mizoram", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| April 2019 | 12.0 | 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 "Mizoram", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for still-birth ratio in Mizoram
- Mizoram: still-birth ratio in March 2021 was 12.8 per 1,000 births, above the 3-year median of 8.5 for the same month (+51%).
- Mizoram: still-birth ratio rose to 12.8 per 1,000 births in March 2021, against 8.9 a year earlier (+43%).
- Mizoram: still-birth ratio rose to 8.8 per 1,000 births in February 2021, against 5.3 a year earlier (+66%).
- Mizoram: still-birth ratio rose to 11.8 per 1,000 births in January 2021, against 5.6 a year earlier (+110%).
- Mizoram: still-birth ratio rose to 9.6 per 1,000 births in September 2020, against 4.8 a year earlier (+100%).
- Mizoram: still-birth ratio in August 2020 was 13.0 per 1,000 births, above the 3-year median of 10.0 for the same month (+29%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Mizoram: still-birth ratio fell to 7.9 per 1,000 births in April 2020, against 12.0 a year earlier (−34%). 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--mizoram--2020-04--yoy_change
See also Mizoram and 7.9 per 1,000 births in context.