RecordApril 2020Maternal and child
India: institutional delivery share of 96.7% in April 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
What happened
- April 2020
- 96.7%
- 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
36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | 96.7% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/A-Apr.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 "All India", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for institutional delivery share in India
- India: institutional delivery share of 94.3% in May 2021 is the lowest since June 2019.
- India: institutional delivery share of 94.9% in March 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- India: institutional delivery share of 94.6% in November 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- India: institutional delivery share of 94.6% in October 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- India: institutional delivery share of 94.5% in September 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- India: institutional delivery share of 94.4% in July 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, India: institutional delivery share of 96.7% in April 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, April 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/institutional-delivery-share--india--2020-04--record
See also India and 96.7% in context.