RecordJanuary 2021Maternal and child
India: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 20.0% in January 2021 is the lowest since September 2019.
What happened
- January 2021
- 20.0%
- 2019-09
- 19.4%
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
15 consecutive earlier months were higher.
Full history of C-section share of institutional deliveries in India
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2021 | 20.0% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, January 2021 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/J-Jan.xlsx: ('3.1' Total C -Section deliveries performed) / ('2.2' Number of Institutional Deliveries conducted (Including C-Sections)) × 100; column "All India", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| September 2019 | 19.4% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, September 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/F - September.xls: ('3.1' Total C -Section deliveries performed) / ('2.2' Number of Institutional Deliveries conducted (Including C-Sections)) × 100; column "All India", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for C-section share of institutional deliveries in India
- India: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 23.7% in May 2021 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- India: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 23.3% in April 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- India: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 21.8% in April 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- India: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 21.2% in April 2018 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, India: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 20.0% in January 2021 is the lowest since September 2019. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, January 2021 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/c-section-rate-institutional--india--2021-01--record
See also India and 20.0% in context.