RecordFebruary 2020Maternal and child
Tamil Nadu: still-birth ratio of 7.6 per 1,000 births in February 2020 is the highest since February 2018.
What happened
- February 2020
- 7.6
- 2018-02
- 8.6
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 a deterioration.
Historical context
23 consecutive earlier months were lower.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2020 | 7.6 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, February 2020 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/K - February.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 "Tamil Nadu", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| February 2018 | 8.6 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, February 2018 (FY 2017-18, provisional) | 2017-2018.zip › 2017-2018/A.MonthWise/K - February.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 "Tamil Nadu", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for still-birth ratio in Tamil Nadu
- Tamil Nadu: still-birth ratio of 8.4 per 1,000 births in May 2021 is the highest since February 2018.
- Tamil Nadu: still-birth ratio of 5.7 per 1,000 births in December 2020 is the lowest since October 2019.
- Tamil Nadu: still-birth ratio rose to 8.1 per 1,000 births in September 2020, against 5.9 a year earlier (+37%).
- Tamil Nadu: still-birth ratio of 8.1 per 1,000 births in September 2020 is the highest since February 2018.
- Tamil Nadu: still-birth ratio of 8.0 per 1,000 births in August 2020 is the highest since February 2018.
- Tamil Nadu: still-birth ratio rose to 7.6 per 1,000 births in March 2020, against 5.7 a year earlier (+34%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Tamil Nadu: still-birth ratio of 7.6 per 1,000 births in February 2020 is the highest since February 2018. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, February 2020 (FY 2019-20, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/still-birth-ratio--tamil-nadu--2020-02--record
See also Tamil Nadu and 7.6 per 1,000 births in context.