RecordJanuary 2019Maternal and child
Delhi: institutional delivery share of 96.0% in January 2019 is the highest since October 2017.
What happened
- January 2019
- 96.0%
- 2017-10
- 96.6%
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
14 consecutive earlier months were lower.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 2019 | 96.0% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, January 2019 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/A.MonthWise/J - January.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 "Delhi", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| October 2017 | 96.6% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, October 2017 (FY 2017-18, provisional) | 2017-2018.zip › 2017-2018/A.MonthWise/G - October.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 "Delhi", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for institutional delivery share in Delhi
- Delhi: institutional delivery share of 91.7% in May 2021 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Delhi: institutional delivery share of 93.7% in June 2020 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Delhi: institutional delivery share of 94.7% in May 2020 is the lowest since February 2018.
- Delhi: institutional delivery share of 95.2% in April 2020 is the lowest since February 2018.
- Delhi: institutional delivery share of 96.9% in March 2020 is the highest since September 2017.
- Delhi: institutional delivery share of 96.6% in April 2019 is the highest since September 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Delhi: institutional delivery share of 96.0% in January 2019 is the highest since October 2017. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, January 2019 (FY 2018-19, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/institutional-delivery-share--delhi--2019-01--record
See also Delhi and 96.0% in context.