Change on a year earlierAugust 2020Maternal and child
Sikkim: still-birth ratio rose to 35.8 per 1,000 births in August 2020, against 13.0 a year earlier (+175%).
What happened
- August 2020
- 35.8
- August 2019
- 13.0
- Change
- +22.7
- Change, per cent
- +175%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | 35.8 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, August 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/E-Aug.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 "Sikkim", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| August 2019 | 13.0 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, August 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/E - August.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 "Sikkim", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for still-birth ratio in Sikkim
- Sikkim: still-birth ratio fell to 14.4 per 1,000 births in May 2021, against 23.6 a year earlier (−39%).
- Sikkim: still-birth ratio fell to 5.8 per 1,000 births in March 2021, against 14.4 a year earlier (−60%).
- Sikkim: still-birth ratio of 5.8 per 1,000 births in March 2021 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Sikkim: still-birth ratio of 7.9 per 1,000 births in February 2021 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Sikkim: still-birth ratio fell to 7.9 per 1,000 births in February 2021, against 17.5 a year earlier (−55%).
- Sikkim: still-birth ratio rose to 17.9 per 1,000 births in December 2020, against 11.7 a year earlier (+54%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Sikkim: still-birth ratio rose to 35.8 per 1,000 births in August 2020, against 13.0 a year earlier (+175%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, August 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/still-birth-ratio--sikkim--2020-08--yoy_change
See also Sikkim and 35.8 per 1,000 births in context.