RecordDecember 2020Maternal and child
Tamil Nadu: still-birth ratio of 5.7 per 1,000 births in December 2020 is the lowest since October 2019.
What happened
- December 2020
- 5.7
- 2019-10
- 5.1
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 an improvement.
Historical context
13 consecutive earlier months were higher.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2020 | 5.7 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, December 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/I-Dec.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 "Tamil Nadu", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| October 2019 | 5.1 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, October 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/G - October.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 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%).
- 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 of 5.7 per 1,000 births in December 2020 is the lowest since October 2019. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, December 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/still-birth-ratio--tamil-nadu--2020-12--record
See also Tamil Nadu and 5.7 per 1,000 births in context.