RecordApril 2019Maternal and child
Maharashtra: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 22.3% in April 2019 is the lowest since March 2018.
What happened
- April 2019
- 22.3%
- 2018-03
- 22.0%
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 Maharashtra
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | 22.3% | 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 "Maharashtra", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| March 2018 | 22.0% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2018 (FY 2017-18, provisional) | 2017-2018.zip › 2017-2018/A.MonthWise/L - March.xls: ('3.1' Total C -Section deliveries performed) / ('2.2' Number of Institutional Deliveries conducted (Including C-Sections)) × 100; column "Maharashtra", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for C-section share of institutional deliveries in Maharashtra
- Maharashtra: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 26.5% in May 2021 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Maharashtra: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 22.9% in July 2020 is the lowest since June 2019.
- Maharashtra: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 25.5% in February 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Maharashtra: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 25.4% in December 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Maharashtra: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 24.5% in November 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Maharashtra: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 24.0% in October 2018 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Maharashtra: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 22.3% in April 2019 is the lowest since March 2018. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/c-section-rate-institutional--maharashtra--2019-04--record
See also Maharashtra and 22.3% in context.