RecordAugust 2020Maternal and child
Assam: institutional delivery share of 88.1% in August 2020 is the lowest since February 2018.
What happened
- August 2020
- 88.1%
- 2018-02
- 87.9%
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 a deterioration.
Historical context
29 consecutive earlier months were higher.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | 88.1% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, August 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/E-Aug.xlsx: ('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/ Midwife) + '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)] |
| February 2018 | 87.9% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, February 2018 (FY 2017-18, provisional) | 2017-2018.zip › 2017-2018/A.MonthWise/K - February.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 88.3% 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.
- Assam: institutional delivery share of 91.3% in September 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Assam: institutional delivery share of 88.1% in August 2020 is the lowest since February 2018. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, August 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/institutional-delivery-share--assam--2020-08--record
See also Assam and 88.1% in context.