RecordMarch 2020Maternal and child
West Bengal: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 32.3% in March 2020 is the lowest since March 2018.
What happened
- March 2020
- 32.3%
- 2018-03
- 32.2%
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
23 consecutive earlier months were higher.
Full history of C-section share of institutional deliveries in West Bengal
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2020 | 32.3% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2020 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/L - March.xls: ('3.1' Total C -Section deliveries performed) / ('2.2' Number of Institutional Deliveries conducted (Including C-Sections)) × 100; column "West Bengal", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| March 2018 | 32.2% | 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 "West Bengal", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for C-section share of institutional deliveries in West Bengal
- West Bengal: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 39.7% in May 2021 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- West Bengal: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 39.3% in March 2021 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- West Bengal: C-section share of institutional deliveries in March 2021 was 39.3%, above the 3-year median of 32.3% for the same month (+7.1 points).
- West Bengal: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 31.3% in October 2020 is the lowest since September 2017.
- West Bengal: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 39.1% in June 2020 is the highest since March 2019.
- West Bengal: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 34.6% in December 2019 is the lowest since November 2018.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, West Bengal: C-section share of institutional deliveries of 32.3% in March 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, March 2020 (FY 2019-20, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/c-section-rate-institutional--west-bengal--2020-03--record
See also West Bengal and 32.3% in context.