RecordApril 2021Maternal and child
Gujarat: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 17.3% in April 2021 is the lowest since March 2020.
What happened
- April 2021
- 17.3%
- 2020-03
- 16.3%
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
12 consecutive earlier months were higher.
Full history of C-section share of institutional deliveries in Gujarat
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2021 | 17.3% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional) | 2021-2022(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 "Gujarat", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| March 2020 | 16.3% | 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 "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 19.5% in February 2021 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- 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 17.3% in April 2021 is the lowest since March 2020. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/c-section-rate-institutional--gujarat--2021-04--record
See also Gujarat and 17.3% in context.