RecordOctober 2020Maternal and child
Gujarat: institutional delivery share of 99.7% in October 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
What happened
- October 2020
- 99.7%
- 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
42 consecutive earlier months were lower.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2020 | 99.7% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, October 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/G-Oct.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 "Gujarat", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for institutional delivery share in Gujarat
- Gujarat: institutional delivery share of 99.7% in April 2021 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Gujarat: institutional delivery share of 99.7% in January 2021 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Gujarat: institutional delivery share of 99.7% in November 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Gujarat: institutional delivery share of 99.4% in May 2020 is the lowest since August 2018.
- Gujarat: institutional delivery share of 99.6% in December 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Gujarat: institutional delivery share of 99.6% in October 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Gujarat: institutional delivery share of 99.7% in October 2020 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, October 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/institutional-delivery-share--gujarat--2020-10--record
See also Gujarat and 99.7% in context.