RecordMay 2020Maternal and child
Telangana: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 54.1% in May 2020 is the highest since March 2019.
What happened
- May 2020
- 54.1%
- 2019-03
- 54.6%
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
13 consecutive earlier months were lower.
Full history of C-section share of institutional deliveries in Telangana
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | 54.1% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(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 "Telangana", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| March 2019 | 54.6% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2019 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/A.MonthWise/L - March.xls: ('3.1' Total C -Section deliveries performed) / ('2.2' Number of Institutional Deliveries conducted (Including C-Sections)) × 100; column "Telangana", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for C-section share of institutional deliveries in Telangana
- Telangana: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 53.5% in May 2021 is the lowest since February 2020.
- Telangana's C-section share of institutional deliveries of 56.7% in March 2021 is above the India figure of 22.6% (+34.1 points).
- Telangana: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 57.1% in October 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Telangana: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 56.7% in August 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Telangana: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 54.8% in July 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Telangana: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 54.1% in June 2020 is the highest since March 2019.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Telangana: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 54.1% in May 2020 is the highest since March 2019. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/c-section-rate-institutional--telangana--2020-05--record
See also Telangana and 54.1% in context.