RecordAugust 2018Maternal and child
Kerala: institutional delivery share of 99.9% in August 2018 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
What happened
- August 2018
- 99.9%
- 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
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2018 | 99.9% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, August 2018 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/A.MonthWise/E - August.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 "Kerala", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for institutional delivery share in Kerala
- Kerala: institutional delivery share of 99.8% in February 2021 is the lowest since February 2019.
- Kerala: institutional delivery share of 99.8% in December 2020 is the lowest since February 2019.
- Kerala: institutional delivery share of 99.8% in July 2020 is the lowest since February 2019.
- Kerala: institutional delivery share of 99.9% in April 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Kerala: institutional delivery share of 99.9% in July 2018 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Kerala: institutional delivery share of 99.8% in June 2018 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Kerala: institutional delivery share of 99.9% in August 2018 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, August 2018 (FY 2018-19, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/institutional-delivery-share--kerala--2018-08--record
See also Kerala and 99.9% in context.