Change on a year earlierApril 2021Maternal and child
Tripura: still-birth ratio fell to 13.5 per 1,000 births in April 2021, against 20.2 a year earlier (−33%).
What happened
- April 2021
- 13.5
- April 2020
- 20.2
- Change
- −6.7
- Change, per cent
- −33%
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 an improvement.
Historical context
Compared with the same month of 2020, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2021 | 13.5 | 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 "Tripura", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| April 2020 | 20.2 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(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 "Tripura", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for still-birth ratio in Tripura
- Tripura: still-birth ratio of 13.5 per 1,000 births in April 2021 is the lowest since May 2018.
- Tripura: still-birth ratio in March 2021 was 15.1 per 1,000 births, below the 3-year median of 19.1 for the same month (−21%).
- Tripura: still-birth ratio of 15.1 per 1,000 births in March 2021 is the lowest since February 2020.
- Tripura: still-birth ratio of 21.4 per 1,000 births in February 2021 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Tripura: still-birth ratio in February 2021 was 21.4 per 1,000 births, above the 3-year median of 16.1 for the same month (+33%).
- Tripura: still-birth ratio rose to 21.4 per 1,000 births in February 2021, against 14.9 a year earlier (+44%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Tripura: still-birth ratio fell to 13.5 per 1,000 births in April 2021, against 20.2 a year earlier (−33%). 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--tripura--2021-04--yoy_change
See also Tripura and 13.5 per 1,000 births in context.