RecordMay 2021Maternal and child
Uttarakhand: institutional delivery share of 81.1% in May 2021 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017.
What happened
- May 2021
- 81.1%
- series start 2017-04
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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
49 consecutive earlier months were higher.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | 81.1% | 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 "Uttarakhand", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for institutional delivery share in Uttarakhand
- 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 85.7% in August 2020 is the lowest since January 2018.
- 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 81.1% in May 2021 is the lowest in the series, which begins April 2017. 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--uttarakhand--2021-05--record
See also Uttarakhand and 81.1% in context.