RecordFebruary 2020Maternal and child
Puducherry: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 34.2% in February 2020 is the highest since January 2019.
What happened
- February 2020
- 34.2%
- 2019-01
- 34.9%
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
12 consecutive earlier months were lower.
Full history of C-section share of institutional deliveries in Puducherry
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2020 | 34.2% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, February 2020 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/K - February.xls: ('3.1' Total C -Section deliveries performed) / ('2.2' Number of Institutional Deliveries conducted (Including C-Sections)) × 100; column "Puducherry", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| January 2019 | 34.9% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, January 2019 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/A.MonthWise/J - January.xls: ('3.1' Total C -Section deliveries performed) / ('2.2' Number of Institutional Deliveries conducted (Including C-Sections)) × 100; column "Puducherry", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for C-section share of institutional deliveries in Puducherry
- Puducherry: C-section share of institutional deliveries in May 2021 was 40.6%, above the 4-year median of 31.7% for the same month (+8.9 points).
- Puducherry: C-section share of institutional deliveries in December 2020 was 40.2%, above the 3-year median of 32.7% for the same month (+7.5 points).
- Puducherry: C-section share of institutional deliveries in October 2020 was 41.2%, above the 3-year median of 31.6% for the same month (+9.5 points).
- Puducherry: C-section share of institutional deliveries in September 2020 was 39.2%, above the 3-year median of 31.6% for the same month (+7.6 points).
- Puducherry: C-section share of institutional deliveries in August 2020 was 40.6%, above the 3-year median of 32.7% for the same month (+7.9 points).
- Puducherry: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 42.3% in July 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Puducherry: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 34.2% in February 2020 is the highest since January 2019. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, February 2020 (FY 2019-20, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/c-section-rate-institutional--puducherry--2020-02--record
See also Puducherry and 34.2% in context.