Change on a year earlierMarch 2019Maternal and child
Andhra Pradesh: C-section share of institutional deliveries rose to 38.4% in March 2019, against 30.0% a year earlier (+8.4 points).
What happened
- March 2019
- 38.4%
- March 2018
- 30.0%
- Change
- +8.4%
- Change, percentage points
- +8.4 pts
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 C-section share of institutional deliveries, neither a rise nor a fall is better in itself, so the observatory marks this movement as unusual rather than good or bad.
Historical context
Compared with the same month of 2018, which removes ordinary seasonality.
Full history of C-section share of institutional deliveries in Andhra Pradesh
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2019 | 38.4% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2019 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/A.MonthWise/L - March.xls: ('3.1' Total C -Section deliveries performed) / ('2.2' Number of Institutional Deliveries conducted (Including C-Sections)) × 100; column "Andhra Pradesh", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| March 2018 | 30.0% | 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: ('3.1' Total C -Section deliveries performed) / ('2.2' Number of Institutional Deliveries conducted (Including C-Sections)) × 100; column "Andhra Pradesh", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for C-section share of institutional deliveries in Andhra Pradesh
- Andhra Pradesh: C-section share of institutional deliveries in December 2020 was 41.9%, above the 3-year median of 34.8% for the same month (+7.1 points).
- Andhra Pradesh: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 45.6% in September 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Andhra Pradesh: C-section share of institutional deliveries in September 2020 was 45.6%, above the 3-year median of 35.3% for the same month (+10.3 points).
- Andhra Pradesh: C-section share of institutional deliveries in July 2020 was 42.4%, above the 3-year median of 33.6% for the same month (+8.8 points).
- Andhra Pradesh: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 43.5% in June 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Andhra Pradesh: C-section share of institutional deliveries in May 2020 was 43.2%, above the 3-year median of 35.5% for the same month (+7.7 points).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Andhra Pradesh: C-section share of institutional deliveries rose to 38.4% in March 2019, against 30.0% a year earlier (+8.4 points). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2019 (FY 2018-19, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/c-section-rate-institutional--andhra-pradesh--2019-03--yoy_change
See also Andhra Pradesh and 38.4% in context.