RecordFebruary 2021Maternal and child
Sikkim: institutional delivery share of 99.8% in February 2021 is the highest since August 2019.
What happened
- February 2021
- 99.8%
- 2019-08
- 99.8%
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
17 consecutive earlier months were lower.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 2021 | 99.8% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, February 2021 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/K-Feb.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 "Sikkim", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| August 2019 | 99.8% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, August 2019 (FY 2019-20, provisional) | 2019-2020.zip › 2019-2020/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 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.
- Sikkim: institutional delivery share of 99.7% in November 2018 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Sikkim: institutional delivery share of 99.8% in February 2021 is the highest since August 2019. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, February 2021 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/institutional-delivery-share--sikkim--2021-02--record
See also Sikkim and 99.8% in context.