RecordFebruary 2020Maternal and child
Andhra Pradesh: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 33.3% in February 2020 is the lowest since March 2018.
What happened
- February 2020
- 33.3%
- 2018-03
- 30.0%
Why it matters
A record says how long it has been since the series was this high or this low. It puts a single value in the context of the whole published history.
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
22 consecutive earlier months were higher.
Full history of C-section share of institutional deliveries in Andhra Pradesh
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2020 | 33.3% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, February 2020 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/K - February.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 of 33.3% in February 2020 is the lowest since March 2018. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, February 2020 (FY 2019-20, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/c-section-rate-institutional--andhra-pradesh--2020-02--record
See also Andhra Pradesh and 33.3% in context.