RecordApril 2019Maternal and child
Assam: institutional delivery share of 90.6% in April 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
What happened
- April 2019
- 90.6%
- 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 delivery share, higher is better. This movement is therefore assessed as an improvement.
Historical context
24 consecutive earlier months were lower. It extends a run of new highests that began earlier.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | 90.6% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/A - April.xls: ('2.2' Number of Institutional Deliveries conducted (Including C-Sections)) / ('2.1.1.a' Number of Home Deliveries attended by Skill Birth Attendant(SBA) (Doctor/Nurse/ANM) + '2.1.1.b' Number of Home Deliveries attended by Non SBA (Trained Birth Attendant(TBA) /Relatives/etc.) + '2.2' Number of Institutional Deliveries conducted (Including C-Sections)) × 100; column "Assam", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for institutional delivery share in Assam
- Assam: institutional delivery share of 91.3% in March 2021 is the highest since February 2020.
- Assam: institutional delivery share of 88.0% in September 2020 is the lowest since February 2018.
- Assam: institutional delivery share of 88.1% in August 2020 is the lowest since February 2018.
- Assam: institutional delivery share of 88.3% in April 2020 is the lowest since February 2018.
- Assam: institutional delivery share of 91.7% in December 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Assam: institutional delivery share of 91.3% in November 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Assam: institutional delivery share of 90.6% in April 2019 is the highest 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, April 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/institutional-delivery-share--assam--2019-04--record
See also Assam and 90.6% in context.