RecordDecember 2019Maternal and child
Meghalaya: institutional delivery share of 66.3% in December 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
What happened
- December 2019
- 66.3%
- 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
32 consecutive earlier months were lower.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 2019 | 66.3% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, December 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/I - December.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 "Meghalaya", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for institutional delivery share in Meghalaya
- Meghalaya's institutional delivery share of 52.2% in May 2021 is below the India figure of 94.3% (−42.1 points).
- Meghalaya: institutional delivery share of 52.2% in May 2021 is the lowest since April 2018.
- Meghalaya's institutional delivery share of 59.2% in April 2021 is below the India figure of 95.1% (−35.9 points).
- Meghalaya's institutional delivery share of 61.4% in March 2021 is below the India figure of 95.6% (−34.1 points).
- Meghalaya: institutional delivery share of 52.6% in April 2020 is the lowest since April 2018.
- Meghalaya: institutional delivery share of 62.5% in December 2018 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Meghalaya: institutional delivery share of 66.3% in December 2019 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, December 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/institutional-delivery-share--meghalaya--2019-12--record
See also Meghalaya and 66.3% in context.