Change on a year earlierJanuary 2019Maternal and child
Sikkim: C-section share of institutional deliveries rose to 34.5% in January 2019, against 17.7% a year earlier (+16.7 points).
What happened
- January 2019
- 34.5%
- January 2018
- 17.7%
- Change
- +16.7%
- Change, percentage points
- +16.7 pts
Why it matters
Comparing a week or month with the same week or month a year earlier removes ordinary seasonality: monsoon-season fever, the March reporting rush. What remains is change the calendar does not explain.
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
Compared with the same month of 2018, which removes ordinary seasonality.
Full history of C-section share of institutional deliveries in Sikkim
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2019 | 34.5% | 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 "Sikkim", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| January 2018 | 17.7% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, January 2018 (FY 2017-18, provisional) | 2017-2018.zip › 2017-2018/A.MonthWise/J - January.xls: ('3.1' Total C -Section deliveries performed) / ('2.2' Number of Institutional Deliveries conducted (Including C-Sections)) × 100; column "Sikkim", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for C-section share of institutional deliveries in Sikkim
- Sikkim: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 49.5% in May 2021 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Sikkim: C-section share of institutional deliveries in February 2021 was 45.7%, above the 3-year median of 35.9% for the same month (+9.8 points).
- Sikkim: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 45.7% in February 2021 is the highest since January 2020.
- Sikkim: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 48.3% in January 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Sikkim: C-section share of institutional deliveries rose to 48.3% in January 2020, against 34.5% a year earlier (+13.9 points).
- Sikkim: C-section share of institutional deliveries rose to 43.7% in November 2019, against 34.4% a year earlier (+9.3 points).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Sikkim: C-section share of institutional deliveries rose to 34.5% in January 2019, against 17.7% a year earlier (+16.7 points). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, January 2019 (FY 2018-19, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/c-section-rate-institutional--sikkim--2019-01--yoy_change
See also Sikkim and 34.5% in context.