Change on a year earlierMarch 2021Maternal and child
Mizoram: still-birth ratio rose to 12.8 per 1,000 births in March 2021, against 8.9 a year earlier (+43%).
What happened
- March 2021
- 12.8
- March 2020
- 8.9
- Change
- +3.9
- Change, per cent
- +43%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2021 | 12.8 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2021 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/L-Mar.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)] |
| March 2020 | 8.9 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2020 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/L - March.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 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%).
- Mizoram: still-birth ratio of 13.0 per 1,000 births in August 2020 is the highest since January 2019.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Mizoram: still-birth ratio rose to 12.8 per 1,000 births in March 2021, against 8.9 a year earlier (+43%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2021 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/still-birth-ratio--mizoram--2021-03--yoy_change
See also Mizoram and 12.8 per 1,000 births in context.