RecordApril 2020Maternal and child
Bihar: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 2.1% in April 2020 is the lowest since October 2017.
What happened
- April 2020
- 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
29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | 2.1% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/A-Apr.xlsx: ('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 in April 2020 was 2.1%, below the 3-year median of 2.6% for the same month (−0.5 points).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Bihar: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 2.1% in April 2020 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, April 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/c-section-rate-institutional--bihar--2020-04--record
See also Bihar and 2.1% in context.