RecordMay 2021Maternal and child
Tamil Nadu: institutional delivery share of 100.0% in May 2021 is the highest since February 2019.
What happened
- May 2021
- 100.0%
- 2019-02
- 100.0%
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
26 consecutive earlier months were lower.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | 100.0% | 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 "Tamil Nadu", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| February 2019 | 100.0% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, February 2019 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/A.MonthWise/K - February.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 "Tamil Nadu", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for institutional delivery share in Tamil Nadu
- Tamil Nadu: institutional delivery share of 100.0% in December 2020 is the highest since February 2019.
- Tamil Nadu: institutional delivery share of 100.0% in September 2020 is the highest since February 2019.
- Tamil Nadu: institutional delivery share of 100.0% in March 2020 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Tamil Nadu: institutional delivery share of 100.0% in February 2020 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Tamil Nadu: institutional delivery share of 100.0% in May 2019 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Tamil Nadu: institutional delivery share of 100.0% in February 2019 is the highest since July 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Tamil Nadu: institutional delivery share of 100.0% in May 2021 is the highest since February 2019. 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--tamil-nadu--2021-05--record
See also Tamil Nadu and 100.0% in context.