Annual Stillbirths by State
Data as of 2023Annual number of stillbirths recorded by the Ministry of Health, by state.
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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. The 'state' reported in this dataset is based on the place of usual residence of the mother, not the geographical location in which the baby was born. For example, a baby born in a hospital in Kedah to a family who resides in Perlis will be counted as a live birth for Perlis. 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, by state.
Variable definitions
- State
- Date
- Stillbirths
- Stillbirth Rate
Name in Dataset | Variable | Definition |
|---|---|---|
state (Categorical) | State | One of 16 states |
date (Date) | Date | The date in YYYY-MM-DD format, with MM-DD set to 01-01 since the data is at annual 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 2024, 12:00
Next update:
01 Nov 2025, 12:00
Data source(s)
- Ministry of Health Malaysia
- Department of Statistics Malaysia
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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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# If not already installed, do: pip install pandas fastparquet
import pandas as pd
URL_DATA = 'https://storage.dosm.gov.my/demography/stillbirth_state.parquet'
df = pd.read_parquet(URL_DATA)
if 'date' in df.columns: df['date'] = pd.to_datetime(df['date'])
print(df)Sample OpenAPI query
The following code is an example of how to make an API query to retrieve the data catalogue mentioned above. You can use different programming languages by switching the code accordingly. For a complete guide on possible query parameters and syntax, please refer to the official Open API Documentation.
import requests
import pprint
url = "https://api.data.gov.my/data-catalogue?id=stillbirths_state&limit=3"
response_json = requests.get(url=url).json()
pprint.pprint(response_json)
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