Annual Stillbirths
Data as of 2022Annual number of stillbirths recorded by the Ministry of Health.
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A stillbirth is a birth after 28 completed weeks or more of gestation without any sign of life during delivery. The data on stillbirths in Malaysia is tabulated based on information collected and reported by the Ministry of Health. For a deeper understanding of the methodology and associated definition, please refer to the Technical Notes.
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Dataset description
Annual number of stillbirths recorded by the Ministry of Health.
Variable definitions
- Date
- Stillbirths
- Stillbirth Rate
Name in Dataset | Variable | Definition |
|---|---|---|
date (Date) | Date | The date in YYYY-MM-DD format, with MM-DD set to 01-01 since the data is at yearly frequency |
abs (Integer) | Stillbirths | Number of stillbirths in that year |
rate (Float) | Stillbirth Rate | Number of stillbirths per 1000 births (both live and still) |
Last updated:
17 Oct 2023, 12:00
Next update:
17 Oct 2024, 12:00
Data source(s)
- MoH
- DOSM
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License
This data is made open under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). A copy of the license is available Here.
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Connect directly to the data with Python.
# If not already installed, do: pip install pandas fastparquet
import pandas as pd
URL_DATA = 'https://storage.dosm.gov.my/demography/stillbirth.parquet'
df = pd.read_parquet(URL_DATA)
if 'date' in df.columns: df['date'] = pd.to_datetime(df['date'])
print(df)Sample OpenAPI query
import requests
import pprint
url = "https://api.data.gov.my/data-catalogue?id=stillbirths&limit=3"
response_json = requests.get(url=url).json()
pprint.pprint(response_json)
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