RecordDecember 2019Maternal and child
Karnataka: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 33.5% in December 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
What happened
- December 2019
- 33.5%
- 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
32 consecutive earlier months were lower. It extends a run of new highests that began earlier.
Full history of C-section share of institutional deliveries in Karnataka
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2019 | 33.5% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, December 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/I - December.xls: ('3.1' Total C -Section deliveries performed) / ('2.2' Number of Institutional Deliveries conducted (Including C-Sections)) × 100; column "Karnataka", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for C-section share of institutional deliveries in Karnataka
- Karnataka: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 35.7% in March 2021 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Karnataka: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 35.4% in January 2021 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Karnataka: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 34.8% in December 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Karnataka: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 34.4% in November 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Karnataka: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 34.2% in June 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Karnataka: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 33.7% in March 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Karnataka: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 33.5% in December 2019 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, December 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/c-section-rate-institutional--karnataka--2019-12--record
See also Karnataka and 33.5% in context.