RecordAugust 2020Maternal and child
Jharkhand: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 7.2% in August 2020 is the lowest since September 2017.
What happened
- August 2020
- 7.2%
- 2017-09
- 6.9%
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
34 consecutive earlier months were higher.
Full history of C-section share of institutional deliveries in Jharkhand
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | 7.2% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, August 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/E-Aug.xlsx: ('3.1' Total C -Section deliveries performed) / ('2.2' Number of Institutional Deliveries conducted (Including C-Sections)) × 100; column "Jharkhand", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| September 2017 | 6.9% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, September 2017 (FY 2017-18, provisional) | 2017-2018.zip › 2017-2018/A.MonthWise/F - September.xls: ('3.1' Total C -Section deliveries performed) / ('2.2' Number of Institutional Deliveries conducted (Including C-Sections)) × 100; column "Jharkhand", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for C-section share of institutional deliveries in Jharkhand
- Jharkhand: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 7.2% in January 2021 is the lowest since September 2017.
- Jharkhand: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 10.6% in November 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Jharkhand: C-section share of institutional deliveries in November 2020 was 10.6%, above the 3-year median of 7.7% for the same month (+2.9 points).
- Jharkhand: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 9.0% in May 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Jharkhand: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 8.5% in April 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Jharkhand: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 8.4% in February 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Jharkhand: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 7.2% in August 2020 is the lowest since September 2017. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, August 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/c-section-rate-institutional--jharkhand--2020-08--record
See also Jharkhand and 7.2% in context.