RecordMay 2020Maternal and child
Lakshadweep: 115 institutional deliveries in May 2020, the most in the series, which begins April 2017.
What happened
- May 2020
- 115
- series start 2017-04
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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 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
37 consecutive earlier months were lower.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | 115 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/B-May.xlsx: '2.2' Number of Institutional Deliveries conducted (Including C-Sections); column "Lakshadweep", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for institutional deliveries in Lakshadweep
- Lakshadweep: 126 institutional deliveries in July 2020, the most in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Lakshadweep: institutional deliveries in July 2020 was 126, above the 3-year median of 56 for the same month (+125%).
- Lakshadweep: institutional deliveries rose to 126 in July 2020, against 70 a year earlier (+80%).
- Lakshadweep: 89 institutional deliveries in October 2019, the most since May 2017.
- Lakshadweep: institutional deliveries rose to 71 in August 2018, against 46 a year earlier (+54%).
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Lakshadweep: 115 institutional deliveries in May 2020, the most in the series, which begins April 2017. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/institutional-deliveries--lakshadweep--2020-05--record
See also Lakshadweep and 115 in context.