RecordMay 2020Maternal and child
Himachal Pradesh: institutional delivery share of 90.3% in May 2020 is the lowest since January 2019.
What happened
- May 2020
- 90.3%
- 2019-01
- 90.1%
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
15 consecutive earlier months were higher. It extends a run of new lowests that began earlier.
Full history of institutional delivery share in Himachal Pradesh
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | 90.3% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/B-May.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 "Himachal Pradesh", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| January 2019 | 90.1% | 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 "Himachal Pradesh", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for institutional delivery share in Himachal Pradesh
- Himachal Pradesh: institutional delivery share of 89.0% in May 2021 is the lowest since February 2018.
- Himachal Pradesh: institutional delivery share of 90.5% in April 2020 is the lowest since January 2019.
- Himachal Pradesh: institutional delivery share of 93.7% in December 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Himachal Pradesh: institutional delivery share of 93.1% in November 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Himachal Pradesh: institutional delivery share of 93.0% in October 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Himachal Pradesh: institutional delivery share of 92.7% in July 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Himachal Pradesh: institutional delivery share of 90.3% in May 2020 is the lowest since January 2019. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/institutional-delivery-share--himachal-pradesh--2020-05--record
See also Himachal Pradesh and 90.3% in context.