RecordApril 2021Maternal and child
Telangana: still-birth ratio of 5.7 per 1,000 births in April 2021 is the lowest since March 2020.
What happened
- April 2021
- 5.7
- 2020-03
- 4.0
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
12 consecutive earlier months were higher.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2021 | 5.7 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional) | 2021-2022(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/A-Apr.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)] |
| March 2020 | 4.0 | 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 "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 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%).
- Telangana: still-birth ratio rose to 8.6 per 1,000 births in May 2020, against 5.3 a year earlier (+61%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Telangana: still-birth ratio of 5.7 per 1,000 births in April 2021 is the lowest since March 2020. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/still-birth-ratio--telangana--2021-04--record
See also Telangana and 5.7 per 1,000 births in context.