Change on a year earlierJuly 2020Maternal and child
Uttarakhand: still-birth ratio fell to 8.3 per 1,000 births in July 2020, against 13.3 a year earlier (−37%).
What happened
- July 2020
- 8.3
- July 2019
- 13.3
- Change
- −5.0
- Change, per cent
- −37%
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 2019, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2020 | 8.3 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, July 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/D-Jul.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 "Uttarakhand", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| July 2019 | 13.3 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, July 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/D - July.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 fell to 8.3 per 1,000 births in July 2020, against 13.3 a year earlier (−37%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, July 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/still-birth-ratio--uttarakhand--2020-07--yoy_change
See also Uttarakhand and 8.3 per 1,000 births in context.