RecordFebruary 2020Maternal and child
Uttarakhand: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 13.3% in February 2020 is the lowest since March 2018.
What happened
- February 2020
- 13.3%
- 2018-03
- 11.7%
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
22 consecutive earlier months were higher.
Full history of C-section share of institutional deliveries in Uttarakhand
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2020 | 13.3% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, February 2020 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/K - February.xls: ('3.1' Total C -Section deliveries performed) / ('2.2' Number of Institutional Deliveries conducted (Including C-Sections)) × 100; column "Uttarakhand", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| March 2018 | 11.7% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2018 (FY 2017-18, provisional) | 2017-2018.zip › 2017-2018/A.MonthWise/L - March.xls: ('3.1' Total C -Section deliveries performed) / ('2.2' Number of Institutional Deliveries conducted (Including C-Sections)) × 100; column "Uttarakhand", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for C-section share of institutional deliveries in Uttarakhand
- Uttarakhand: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 17.2% in May 2021 is the highest since April 2019.
- Uttarakhand: C-section share of institutional deliveries in July 2020 was 16.9%, above the 3-year median of 13.9% for the same month (+3 points).
- Uttarakhand: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 16.9% in July 2020 is the highest since April 2019.
- Uttarakhand: C-section share of institutional deliveries rose to 20.5% in September 2018, against 12.5% a year earlier (+8 points).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Uttarakhand: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 13.3% in February 2020 is the lowest since March 2018. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, February 2020 (FY 2019-20, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/c-section-rate-institutional--uttarakhand--2020-02--record
See also Uttarakhand and 13.3% in context.