RecordMay 2020Maternal and child
Kerala: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 39.8% in May 2020 is the lowest since April 2019.
What happened
- May 2020
- 39.8%
- 2019-04
- 39.2%
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 Kerala
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | 39.8% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/B-May.xlsx: ('3.1' Total C -Section deliveries performed) / ('2.2' Number of Institutional Deliveries conducted (Including C-Sections)) × 100; column "Kerala", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| April 2019 | 39.2% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/A - April.xls: ('3.1' Total C -Section deliveries performed) / ('2.2' Number of Institutional Deliveries conducted (Including C-Sections)) × 100; column "Kerala", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for C-section share of institutional deliveries in Kerala
- Kerala: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 43.7% in October 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Kerala: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 43.3% in September 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Kerala: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 42.7% in August 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Kerala: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 42.5% in February 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Kerala: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 42.4% in November 2018 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Kerala: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 39.1% in April 2018 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Kerala: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 39.8% in May 2020 is the lowest since April 2019. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/c-section-rate-institutional--kerala--2020-05--record
See also Kerala and 39.8% in context.