RecordNovember 2019Maternal and child
Uttarakhand: still-birth ratio of 10.9 per 1,000 births in November 2019 is the lowest since March 2018.
What happened
- November 2019
- 10.9
- 2018-03
- 8.9
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
19 consecutive earlier months were higher.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 2019 | 10.9 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, November 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/H - November.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 "Uttarakhand", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| March 2018 | 8.9 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2018 (FY 2017-18, provisional) | 2017-2018.zip › 2017-2018/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 "Uttarakhand", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for still-birth ratio in Uttarakhand
- Uttarakhand: still-birth ratio of 15.8 per 1,000 births in May 2021 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Uttarakhand: still-birth ratio in May 2021 was 15.8 per 1,000 births, above the 4-year median of 12.2 for the same month (+30%).
- Uttarakhand: still-birth ratio rose to 15.8 per 1,000 births in May 2021, against 12.1 a year earlier (+31%).
- Uttarakhand: still-birth ratio rose to 13.1 per 1,000 births in February 2021, against 10.0 a year earlier (+31%).
- Uttarakhand: still-birth ratio of 14.6 per 1,000 births in October 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Uttarakhand: still-birth ratio of 8.3 per 1,000 births in July 2020 is the lowest since December 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Uttarakhand: still-birth ratio of 10.9 per 1,000 births in November 2019 is the lowest since March 2018. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, November 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/still-birth-ratio--uttarakhand--2019-11--record
See also Uttarakhand and 10.9 per 1,000 births in context.