RecordMarch 2020Maternal and child
Goa: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 39.4% in March 2020 is the lowest since August 2017.
What happened
- March 2020
- 39.4%
- 2017-08
- 39.4%
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
30 consecutive earlier months were higher.
Full history of C-section share of institutional deliveries in Goa
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2020 | 39.4% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2020 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/L - March.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)] |
| August 2017 | 39.4% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, August 2017 (FY 2017-18, provisional) | 2017-2018.zip › 2017-2018/A.MonthWise/E - August.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 40.3% in April 2019 is the lowest since August 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Goa: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 39.4% in March 2020 is the lowest since August 2017. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2020 (FY 2019-20, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/c-section-rate-institutional--goa--2020-03--record
See also Goa and 39.4% in context.