RecordNovember 2020Maternal and child
Rajasthan: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 11.2% in November 2020 is the lowest since August 2019.
What happened
- November 2020
- 11.2%
- 2019-08
- 11.1%
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
14 consecutive earlier months were higher.
Full history of C-section share of institutional deliveries in Rajasthan
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| November 2020 | 11.2% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, November 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/H-Nov.xlsx: ('3.1' Total C -Section deliveries performed) / ('2.2' Number of Institutional Deliveries conducted (Including C-Sections)) × 100; column "Rajasthan", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| August 2019 | 11.1% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, August 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/E - August.xls: ('3.1' Total C -Section deliveries performed) / ('2.2' Number of Institutional Deliveries conducted (Including C-Sections)) × 100; column "Rajasthan", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for C-section share of institutional deliveries in Rajasthan
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Rajasthan: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 11.2% in November 2020 is the lowest since August 2019. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, November 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/c-section-rate-institutional--rajasthan--2020-11--record
See also Rajasthan and 11.2% in context.