RecordApril 2020Maternal and child
Puducherry: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 38.5% in April 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
What happened
- April 2020
- 38.5%
- 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
36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | 38.5% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/A-Apr.xlsx: ('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 38.5% in April 2020 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, April 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/c-section-rate-institutional--puducherry--2020-04--record
See also Puducherry and 38.5% in context.