RecordMay 2021Maternal and child
Sikkim: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 49.5% in May 2021 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
What happened
- May 2021
- 49.5%
- 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
49 consecutive earlier months were lower.
Full history of C-section share of institutional deliveries in Sikkim
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | 49.5% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional) | 2021-2022(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/B-May.xlsx: ('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 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).
- Sikkim: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 45.4% in September 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Sikkim: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 49.5% in May 2021 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, May 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/c-section-rate-institutional--sikkim--2021-05--record
See also Sikkim and 49.5% in context.