RecordJune 2018Maternal and child
Goa: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 45.4% in June 2018 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
What happened
- June 2018
- 45.4%
- series start 2017-04
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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
14 consecutive earlier months were lower.
Full history of C-section share of institutional deliveries in Goa
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2018 | 45.4% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, June 2018 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/A.MonthWise/C - June.xls: ('3.1' Total C -Section deliveries performed) / ('2.2' Number of Institutional Deliveries conducted (Including C-Sections)) × 100; column "Goa", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for C-section share of institutional deliveries in Goa
- Goa: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 51.1% in May 2021 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Goa: C-section share of institutional deliveries in May 2021 was 51.1%, above the 4-year median of 42.4% for the same month (+8.7 points).
- Goa: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 49.9% in January 2021 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Goa: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 48.5% in November 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Goa: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 45.7% in June 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Goa: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 39.4% in March 2020 is the lowest since August 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Goa: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 45.4% in June 2018 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, June 2018 (FY 2018-19, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/c-section-rate-institutional--goa--2018-06--record
See also Goa and 45.4% in context.