RecordSeptember 2019Maternal and child
Bihar: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 2.1% in September 2019 is the lowest since October 2017.
What happened
- September 2019
- 2.1%
- 2017-10
- 2.0%
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 Bihar
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2019 | 2.1% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, September 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/F - September.xls: ('3.1' Total C -Section deliveries performed) / ('2.2' Number of Institutional Deliveries conducted (Including C-Sections)) × 100; column "Bihar", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| October 2017 | 2.0% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, October 2017 (FY 2017-18, provisional) | 2017-2018.zip › 2017-2018/A.MonthWise/G - October.xls: ('3.1' Total C -Section deliveries performed) / ('2.2' Number of Institutional Deliveries conducted (Including C-Sections)) × 100; column "Bihar", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for C-section share of institutional deliveries in Bihar
- Bihar: C-section share of institutional deliveries in May 2021 was 4.3%, above the 4-year median of 2.7% for the same month (+1.6 points).
- Bihar: C-section share of institutional deliveries in March 2021 was 22.8%, above the 3-year median of 2.8% for the same month (+20 points).
- Bihar: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 22.8% in March 2021 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Bihar: C-section share of institutional deliveries rose to 22.8% in March 2021, against 2.5% a year earlier (+20.4 points).
- Bihar: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 1.7% in July 2020 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Bihar: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 2.1% in April 2020 is the lowest since October 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Bihar: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 2.1% in September 2019 is the lowest since October 2017. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, September 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/c-section-rate-institutional--bihar--2019-09--record
See also Bihar and 2.1% in context.