RecordJuly 2019Maternal and child
Tripura: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 28.5% in July 2019 is the highest since June 2018.
What happened
- July 2019
- 28.5%
- 2018-06
- 29.7%
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
12 consecutive earlier months were lower.
Full history of C-section share of institutional deliveries in Tripura
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | 28.5% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, July 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/D - July.xls: ('3.1' Total C -Section deliveries performed) / ('2.2' Number of Institutional Deliveries conducted (Including C-Sections)) × 100; column "Tripura", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| June 2018 | 29.7% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, June 2018 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/A.MonthWise/C - June.xls: ('3.1' Total C -Section deliveries performed) / ('2.2' Number of Institutional Deliveries conducted (Including C-Sections)) × 100; column "Tripura", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for C-section share of institutional deliveries in Tripura
- Tripura: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 26.2% in May 2021 is the lowest since January 2020.
- Tripura: C-section share of institutional deliveries in March 2021 was 28.4%, above the 3-year median of 22.8% for the same month (+5.7 points).
- Tripura: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 26.4% in February 2021 is the lowest since January 2020.
- Tripura: C-section share of institutional deliveries in January 2021 was 28.5%, above the 3-year median of 22.4% for the same month (+6.1 points).
- Tripura: C-section share of institutional deliveries in December 2020 was 27.2%, above the 3-year median of 22.2% for the same month (+5 points).
- Tripura: C-section share of institutional deliveries in November 2020 was 27.1%, above the 3-year median of 22.1% for the same month (+5.1 points).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Tripura: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 28.5% in July 2019 is the highest since June 2018. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, July 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/c-section-rate-institutional--tripura--2019-07--record
See also Tripura and 28.5% in context.