RecordMay 2020Maternal and child
Telangana: still-birth ratio of 8.6 per 1,000 births in May 2020 is the highest since May 2018.
What happened
- May 2020
- 8.6
- 2018-05
- 11.2
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. It extends a run of new highests that began earlier.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | 8.6 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/B-May.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 "Telangana", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| May 2018 | 11.2 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2018 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/A.MonthWise/B - May.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 "Telangana", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for still-birth ratio in Telangana
- Telangana: still-birth ratio fell to 5.9 per 1,000 births in May 2021, against 8.6 a year earlier (−31%).
- Telangana: still-birth ratio of 5.7 per 1,000 births in April 2021 is the lowest since March 2020.
- Telangana: still-birth ratio rose to 6.0 per 1,000 births in March 2021, against 4.0 a year earlier (+47%).
- Telangana: still-birth ratio rose to 6.2 per 1,000 births in December 2020, against 4.7 a year earlier (+31%).
- Telangana: still-birth ratio rose to 6.9 per 1,000 births in November 2020, against 3.5 a year earlier (+95%).
- Telangana: still-birth ratio rose to 7.3 per 1,000 births in August 2020, against 5.6 a year earlier (+31%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Telangana: still-birth ratio of 8.6 per 1,000 births in May 2020 is the highest since May 2018. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/still-birth-ratio--telangana--2020-05--record
See also Telangana and 8.6 per 1,000 births in context.