RecordAugust 2019Maternal and child
Bihar: institutional delivery share of 86.0% in August 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
What happened
- August 2019
- 86.0%
- 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
28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2019 | 86.0% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, August 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/E - August.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 "Bihar", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for institutional delivery share in Bihar
- Bihar's institutional delivery share of 82.4% in May 2021 is below the India figure of 94.3% (−11.9 points).
- Bihar's institutional delivery share of 85.4% in April 2021 is below the India figure of 95.1% (−9.7 points).
- Bihar: institutional delivery share of 96.6% in April 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Bihar: institutional delivery share in April 2020 was 96.6%, above the 3-year median of 76.9% for the same month (+19.7 points).
- Bihar: institutional delivery share rose to 96.6% in April 2020, against 81.0% a year earlier (+15.7 points).
- Bihar: institutional delivery share of 87.2% in September 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Bihar: institutional delivery share of 86.0% in August 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, August 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/institutional-delivery-share--bihar--2019-08--record
See also Bihar and 86.0% in context.