RecordAugust 2020Maternal and child
Uttarakhand: institutional delivery share of 85.7% in August 2020 is the lowest since January 2018.
What happened
- August 2020
- 85.7%
- 2018-01
- 85.3%
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
30 consecutive earlier months were higher.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | 85.7% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, August 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/E-Aug.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 "Uttarakhand", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| January 2018 | 85.3% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, January 2018 (FY 2017-18, provisional) | 2017-2018.zip › 2017-2018/A.MonthWise/J - January.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 "Uttarakhand", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for institutional delivery share in Uttarakhand
- Uttarakhand: institutional delivery share of 81.1% in May 2021 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- Uttarakhand's institutional delivery share of 81.1% in May 2021 is below the India figure of 94.3% (−13.2 points).
- Uttarakhand's institutional delivery share of 87.1% in April 2021 is below the India figure of 95.1% (−8 points).
- Uttarakhand: institutional delivery share of 84.4% in September 2020 is the lowest since December 2017.
- Uttarakhand: institutional delivery share of 86.4% in June 2020 is the lowest since November 2018.
- Uttarakhand: institutional delivery share of 86.5% in April 2020 is the lowest since November 2018.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, Uttarakhand: institutional delivery share of 85.7% in August 2020 is the lowest since January 2018. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, August 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/institutional-delivery-share--uttarakhand--2020-08--record
See also Uttarakhand and 85.7% in context.