RecordMarch 2021Maternal and child
Punjab: institutional delivery share of 99.0% in March 2021 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
What happened
- March 2021
- 99.0%
- 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
47 consecutive earlier months were lower.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2021 | 99.0% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2021 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/L-Mar.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)] |
Source and method
More signals for institutional delivery share in Punjab
- Punjab: institutional delivery share of 98.2% in September 2020 is the lowest since May 2019.
- 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 99.0% in March 2021 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, March 2021 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/institutional-delivery-share--punjab--2021-03--record
See also Punjab and 99.0% in context.