RecordApril 2021Maternal and child
Tamil Nadu: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 46.9% in April 2021 is the highest since September 2018.
What happened
- April 2021
- 46.9%
- 2018-09
- 47.3%
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
30 consecutive earlier months were lower. It extends a run of new highests that began earlier.
Full history of C-section share of institutional deliveries in Tamil Nadu
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2021 | 46.9% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional) | 2021-2022(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 "Tamil Nadu", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| September 2018 | 47.3% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, September 2018 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/A.MonthWise/F - September.xls: ('3.1' Total C -Section deliveries performed) / ('2.2' Number of Institutional Deliveries conducted (Including C-Sections)) × 100; column "Tamil Nadu", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for C-section share of institutional deliveries in Tamil Nadu
- Tamil Nadu: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 47.8% in May 2021 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Tamil Nadu: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 46.8% in March 2021 is the highest since September 2018.
- Tamil Nadu: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 46.5% in July 2020 is the highest since March 2019.
- Tamil Nadu: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 40.6% in June 2020 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Tamil Nadu: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 42.5% in April 2020 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Tamil Nadu: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 43.3% in December 2019 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Tamil Nadu: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 46.9% in April 2021 is the highest since September 2018. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/c-section-rate-institutional--tamil-nadu--2021-04--record
See also Tamil Nadu and 46.9% in context.