Change on a year earlierApril 2019Maternal and child
Odisha: still-birth ratio rose to 22.7 per 1,000 births in April 2019, against 19.6 a year earlier (+16%).
What happened
- April 2019
- 22.7
- April 2018
- 19.6
- Change
- +3.1
- Change, per cent
- +16%
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 2018, which removes ordinary seasonality.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | 22.7 | 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 "Odisha", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| April 2018 | 19.6 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2018 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/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 "Odisha", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for still-birth ratio in Odisha
- Odisha: still-birth ratio of 26.4 per 1,000 births in May 2021 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Odisha: still-birth ratio of 20.7 per 1,000 births in April 2021 is the lowest since January 2020.
- Odisha: still-birth ratio of 24.7 per 1,000 births in February 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Odisha: still-birth ratio of 19.3 per 1,000 births in December 2019 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Odisha: still-birth ratio of 20.0 per 1,000 births in August 2019 is the lowest since April 2018.
- Odisha: still-birth ratio of 23.1 per 1,000 births in March 2019 is the highest since February 2018.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Odisha: still-birth ratio rose to 22.7 per 1,000 births in April 2019, against 19.6 a year earlier (+16%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/still-birth-ratio--odisha--2019-04--yoy_change
See also Odisha and 22.7 per 1,000 births in context.