RecordJanuary 2021Maternal and child
Nagaland: still-birth ratio of 11.8 per 1,000 births in January 2021 is the lowest since December 2019.
What happened
- January 2021
- 11.8
- 2019-12
- 9.2
Why it matters
A record says how long it has been since the series was this high or this low. It puts a single value in the context of the whole published history.
For still-birth ratio, lower is better. This movement is therefore assessed as an improvement.
Historical context
12 consecutive earlier months were higher.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2021 | 11.8 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, January 2021 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/J-Jan.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)] |
| December 2019 | 9.2 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, December 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/I - December.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 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%).
- Nagaland: still-birth ratio of 22.3 per 1,000 births in May 2020 is the highest since October 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Nagaland: still-birth ratio of 11.8 per 1,000 births in January 2021 is the lowest since December 2019. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, January 2021 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/still-birth-ratio--nagaland--2021-01--record
See also Nagaland and 11.8 per 1,000 births in context.