RecordApril 2020Maternal and child
Puducherry: institutional delivery share of 99.9% in April 2020 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
What happened
- April 2020
- 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 a deterioration.
Historical context
36 consecutive earlier months were higher. It extends a run of new lowests that began earlier.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | 99.9% | 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 "Puducherry", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for institutional delivery share in Puducherry
- Puducherry: institutional delivery share of 99.9% in November 2020 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Puducherry: institutional delivery share of 100.0% in March 2020 is the lowest since June 2018.
- Puducherry: institutional delivery share of 99.9% in June 2018 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Puducherry: institutional delivery share of 99.9% in April 2020 is the lowest 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--puducherry--2020-04--record
See also Puducherry and 99.9% in context.