Change on a year earlierMay 2020Maternal and child
Nagaland: still-birth ratio rose to 22.3 per 1,000 births in May 2020, against 17.0 a year earlier (+31%).
What happened
- May 2020
- 22.3
- May 2019
- 17.0
- Change
- +5.3
- Change, per cent
- +31%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | 22.3 | 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 "Nagaland", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| May 2019 | 17.0 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/B - May.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 "Nagaland", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for still-birth ratio in Nagaland
- Nagaland: still-birth ratio of 23.0 per 1,000 births in March 2021 is the highest since October 2017.
- Nagaland: still-birth ratio of 11.8 per 1,000 births in January 2021 is the lowest since December 2019.
- Nagaland: still-birth ratio rose to 12.0 per 1,000 births in December 2020, against 9.2 a year earlier (+31%).
- Nagaland: still-birth ratio rose to 19.5 per 1,000 births in November 2020, against 9.6 a year earlier (+103%).
- Nagaland: still-birth ratio rose to 14.5 per 1,000 births in October 2020, against 10.7 a year earlier (+36%).
- Nagaland: still-birth ratio rose to 18.7 per 1,000 births in July 2020, against 11.0 a year earlier (+69%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Nagaland: still-birth ratio rose to 22.3 per 1,000 births in May 2020, against 17.0 a year earlier (+31%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/still-birth-ratio--nagaland--2020-05--yoy_change
See also Nagaland and 22.3 per 1,000 births in context.