RecordFebruary 2021Maternal and child
Gujarat: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 19.5% in February 2021 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
What happened
- February 2021
- 19.5%
- 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
46 consecutive earlier months were lower.
Full history of C-section share of institutional deliveries in Gujarat
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2021 | 19.5% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, February 2021 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/K-Feb.xlsx: ('3.1' Total C -Section deliveries performed) / ('2.2' Number of Institutional Deliveries conducted (Including C-Sections)) × 100; column "Gujarat", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for C-section share of institutional deliveries in Gujarat
- Gujarat: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 17.3% in April 2021 is the lowest since March 2020.
- Gujarat: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 19.5% in October 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Gujarat: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 19.2% in September 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Gujarat: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 18.4% in June 2020 is the highest since May 2019.
- Gujarat: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 16.3% in March 2020 is the lowest since June 2018.
- Gujarat: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 18.8% in April 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Gujarat: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 19.5% in February 2021 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, February 2021 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/c-section-rate-institutional--gujarat--2021-02--record
See also Gujarat and 19.5% in context.