Change on a year earlierMarch 2020Maternal and child
Tamil Nadu: still-birth ratio rose to 7.6 per 1,000 births in March 2020, against 5.7 a year earlier (+34%).
What happened
- March 2020
- 7.6
- March 2019
- 5.7
- Change
- +1.9
- Change, per cent
- +34%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2020 | 7.6 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2020 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/L - March.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)] |
| March 2019 | 5.7 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2019 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/A.MonthWise/L - March.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 of 7.6 per 1,000 births in February 2020 is the highest since February 2018.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Tamil Nadu: still-birth ratio rose to 7.6 per 1,000 births in March 2020, against 5.7 a year earlier (+34%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2020 (FY 2019-20, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/still-birth-ratio--tamil-nadu--2020-03--yoy_change
See also Tamil Nadu and 7.6 per 1,000 births in context.