RecordOctober 2018Maternal and child
Sikkim: institutional delivery share of 98.1% in October 2018 is the lowest since August 2017.
What happened
- October 2018
- 98.1%
- 2017-08
- 97.6%
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 a deterioration.
Historical context
13 consecutive earlier months were higher.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2018 | 98.1% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, October 2018 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/A.MonthWise/G - October.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 "Sikkim", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| August 2017 | 97.6% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, August 2017 (FY 2017-18, provisional) | 2017-2018.zip › 2017-2018/A.MonthWise/E - August.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 "Sikkim", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for institutional delivery share in Sikkim
- Sikkim: institutional delivery share of 99.8% in February 2021 is the highest since August 2019.
- Sikkim: institutional delivery share of 98.4% in August 2020 is the lowest since October 2018.
- Sikkim: institutional delivery share of 98.5% in June 2020 is the lowest since October 2018.
- Sikkim: institutional delivery share of 98.5% in November 2019 is the lowest since October 2018.
- Sikkim: institutional delivery share of 99.8% in July 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Sikkim: institutional delivery share of 99.8% in February 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Sikkim: institutional delivery share of 98.1% in October 2018 is the lowest since August 2017. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, October 2018 (FY 2018-19, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/institutional-delivery-share--sikkim--2018-10--record
See also Sikkim and 98.1% in context.