RecordJune 2020Maternal and child
Nagaland: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 17.1% in June 2020 is the lowest since April 2019.
What happened
- June 2020
- 17.1%
- 2019-04
- 16.8%
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
13 consecutive earlier months were higher.
Full history of C-section share of institutional deliveries in Nagaland
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | 17.1% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, June 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/C-Jun.xlsx: ('3.1' Total C -Section deliveries performed) / ('2.2' Number of Institutional Deliveries conducted (Including C-Sections)) × 100; column "Nagaland", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| April 2019 | 16.8% | 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 "Nagaland", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for C-section share of institutional deliveries in Nagaland
- Nagaland: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 23.4% in May 2021 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Nagaland: C-section share of institutional deliveries in May 2021 was 23.4%, above the 4-year median of 19.1% for the same month (+4.3 points).
- Nagaland: C-section share of institutional deliveries in March 2021 was 19.6%, above the 3-year median of 16.3% for the same month (+3.4 points).
- Nagaland: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 16.2% in February 2021 is the lowest since December 2018.
- Nagaland: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 21.6% in November 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Nagaland: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 21.0% in October 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Nagaland: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 17.1% in June 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, June 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/c-section-rate-institutional--nagaland--2020-06--record
See also Nagaland and 17.1% in context.