Change on a year earlierDecember 2019Maternal and child
Bihar: institutional deliveries rose to 1,82,330 in December 2019, against 1,31,740 a year earlier (+38%).
What happened
- December 2019
- 1,82,330
- December 2018
- 1,31,740
- Change
- +50,590
- Change, per cent
- +38%
Why it matters
Comparing a week or month with the same week or month a year earlier removes ordinary seasonality: monsoon-season fever, the March reporting rush. What remains is change the calendar does not explain.
For 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
Compared with the same month of 2018, which removes ordinary seasonality.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2019 | 1,82,330 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, December 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/I - December.xls: '2.2' Number of Institutional Deliveries conducted (Including C-Sections); column "Bihar", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| December 2018 | 1,31,740 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, December 2018 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/A.MonthWise/I - December.xls: '2.2' Number of Institutional Deliveries conducted (Including C-Sections); column "Bihar", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for institutional deliveries in Bihar
- Bihar: 3,63,967 institutional deliveries in March 2021, the most in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Bihar: institutional deliveries rose to 3,63,967 in March 2021, against 1,20,216 a year earlier (+203%).
- Bihar: institutional deliveries in March 2021 was 3,63,967, above the 3-year median of 1,22,478 for the same month (+197%).
- Bihar: 1,91,147 institutional deliveries in August 2019, the most in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Bihar: 1,86,432 institutional deliveries in October 2018, the most in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Bihar: 1,83,772 institutional deliveries in September 2018, the most in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Bihar: institutional deliveries rose to 1,82,330 in December 2019, against 1,31,740 a year earlier (+38%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, December 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/institutional-deliveries--bihar--2019-12--yoy_change
See also Bihar and 1,82,330 in context.