RecordApril 2021Maternal and child
Rajasthan: institutional delivery share of 98.5% in April 2021 is the highest since March 2020.
What happened
- April 2021
- 98.5%
- 2020-03
- 98.6%
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
12 consecutive earlier months were lower.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2021 | 98.5% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional) | 2021-2022(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 "Rajasthan", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| March 2020 | 98.6% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2020 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/A.MonthWise/L - March.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 "Rajasthan", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for institutional delivery share in Rajasthan
- Rajasthan: institutional delivery share of 97.3% in May 2021 is the lowest since March 2018.
- Rajasthan: institutional delivery share of 97.4% in May 2020 is the lowest since November 2018.
- Rajasthan: institutional delivery share of 97.8% in April 2020 is the lowest since February 2019.
- Rajasthan: institutional delivery share of 98.6% in March 2020 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Rajasthan: institutional delivery share of 98.4% in March 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Rajasthan: institutional delivery share of 97.7% in September 2018 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Rajasthan: institutional delivery share of 98.5% in April 2021 is the highest since March 2020. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/institutional-delivery-share--rajasthan--2021-04--record
See also Rajasthan and 98.5% in context.