RecordMay 2021Maternal and child
Rajasthan: institutional delivery share of 97.3% in May 2021 is the lowest since March 2018.
What happened
- May 2021
- 97.3%
- 2018-03
- 97.2%
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
37 consecutive earlier months were higher.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | 97.3% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional) | 2021-2022(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/B-May.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 2018 | 97.2% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2018 (FY 2017-18, provisional) | 2017-2018.zip › 2017-2018/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 98.5% in April 2021 is the highest since March 2020.
- 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 97.3% in May 2021 is the lowest since March 2018. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/institutional-delivery-share--rajasthan--2021-05--record
See also Rajasthan and 97.3% in context.