Change on a year earlierDecember 2018Maternal and child
Puducherry: still-birth ratio rose to 9.8 per 1,000 births in December 2018, against 7.4 a year earlier (+33%).
What happened
- December 2018
- 9.8
- December 2017
- 7.4
- Change
- +2.5
- Change, per cent
- +33%
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 2017, which removes ordinary seasonality.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2018 | 9.8 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, December 2018 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/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 "Puducherry", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| December 2017 | 7.4 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, December 2017 (FY 2017-18, provisional) | 2017-2018.zip › 2017-2018/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 "Puducherry", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for still-birth ratio in Puducherry
- Puducherry: still-birth ratio of 21.6 per 1,000 births in April 2021 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Puducherry: still-birth ratio rose to 21.6 per 1,000 births in April 2021, against 11.7 a year earlier (+84%).
- Puducherry: still-birth ratio in April 2021 was 21.6 per 1,000 births, above the 4-year median of 12.7 for the same month (+69%).
- Puducherry: still-birth ratio in March 2021 was 14.9 per 1,000 births, above the 3-year median of 10.9 for the same month (+37%).
- Puducherry: still-birth ratio rose to 14.2 per 1,000 births in January 2021, against 9.2 a year earlier (+53%).
- Puducherry: still-birth ratio in September 2020 was 16.2 per 1,000 births, above the 3-year median of 10.2 for the same month (+59%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Puducherry: still-birth ratio rose to 9.8 per 1,000 births in December 2018, against 7.4 a year earlier (+33%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, December 2018 (FY 2018-19, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/still-birth-ratio--puducherry--2018-12--yoy_change
See also Puducherry and 9.8 per 1,000 births in context.