Change on a year earlierJuly 2020Maternal and child
Lakshadweep: institutional deliveries rose to 126 in July 2020, against 70 a year earlier (+80%).
What happened
- July 2020
- 126
- July 2019
- 70
- Change
- +56
- Change, per cent
- +80%
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 2019, which removes ordinary seasonality. This comparison involves the COVID-19 disruption period (March 2020 – June 2021), when service use and reporting fell sharply.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| July 2020 | 126 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, July 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/D-Jul.xlsx: '2.2' Number of Institutional Deliveries conducted (Including C-Sections); column "Lakshadweep", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| July 2019 | 70 | 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: '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: 115 institutional deliveries in May 2020, the most in the series, which begins April 2017.
- 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: institutional deliveries rose to 126 in July 2020, against 70 a year earlier (+80%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, July 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/institutional-deliveries--lakshadweep--2020-07--yoy_change
See also Lakshadweep and 126 in context.