State vs IndiaMarch 2021Maternal and child
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).
What happened
- March 2021
- 56.7%
- India
- 22.6%
- Change
- +34.1%
- Change, percentage points
- +34.1 pts
Why it matters
The state is compared with the all-India figure for the same period, and only flagged when the gap is large relative to how far states usually sit from each other.
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
Ranks 1 of 36 reporting states and union territories (highest first).
Full history of C-section share of institutional deliveries in Telangana
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2021 | 22.6% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2021 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/L-Mar.xlsx: ('3.1' Total C -Section deliveries performed) / ('2.2' Number of Institutional Deliveries conducted (Including C-Sections)) × 100; column "All India", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| March 2021 | 56.7% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2021 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/L-Mar.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)] |
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: 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.
- Telangana: C-section share of institutional deliveries in May 2020 was 54.1%, above the 3-year median of 44.2% for the same month (+9.9 points).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, 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). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2021 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/c-section-rate-institutional--telangana--2021-03--vs_parent
See also Telangana and 56.7% in context.