RecordSeptember 2020Maternal and child
Punjab: institutional delivery share of 98.2% in September 2020 is the lowest since May 2019.
What happened
- September 2020
- 98.2%
- 2019-05
- 98.1%
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
15 consecutive earlier months were higher.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2020 | 98.2% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, September 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/F-Sep.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 "Punjab", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| May 2019 | 98.1% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/B - May.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 "Punjab", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for institutional delivery share in Punjab
- Punjab: institutional delivery share of 99.0% in March 2021 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Punjab: institutional delivery share of 98.9% in January 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Punjab: institutional delivery share of 98.9% in December 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Punjab: institutional delivery share of 98.7% in November 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Punjab: institutional delivery share of 98.5% in September 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Punjab: institutional delivery share of 98.4% in August 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Punjab: institutional delivery share of 98.2% in September 2020 is the lowest since May 2019. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, September 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/institutional-delivery-share--punjab--2020-09--record
See also Punjab and 98.2% in context.