Change on a year earlierMay 2021Maternal and child
Uttarakhand: still-birth ratio rose to 15.8 per 1,000 births in May 2021, against 12.1 a year earlier (+31%).
What happened
- May 2021
- 15.8
- May 2020
- 12.1
- Change
- +3.7
- Change, per cent
- +31%
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 a deterioration.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | 15.8 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional) | 2021-2022(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 "Uttarakhand", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| May 2020 | 12.1 | 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 "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 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.
- Uttarakhand: still-birth ratio fell to 8.3 per 1,000 births in July 2020, against 13.3 a year earlier (−37%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Uttarakhand: still-birth ratio rose to 15.8 per 1,000 births in May 2021, against 12.1 a year earlier (+31%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/still-birth-ratio--uttarakhand--2021-05--yoy_change
See also Uttarakhand and 15.8 per 1,000 births in context.