RecordMay 2021Maternal and child
India: institutional delivery share of 94.3% in May 2021 is the lowest since June 2019.
What happened
- May 2021
- 94.3%
- 2019-06
- 94.1%
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
22 consecutive earlier months were higher.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | 94.3% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional) | 2021-2022(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 "All India", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| June 2019 | 94.1% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, June 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/C - June.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 "All India", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for institutional delivery share in India
- India: institutional delivery share of 96.7% in April 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- 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 94.3% in May 2021 is the lowest since June 2019. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/institutional-delivery-share--india--2021-05--record
See also India and 94.3% in context.