RecordMarch 2019Maternal and child
West Bengal: institutional delivery share of 98.4% in March 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
What happened
- March 2019
- 98.4%
- 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 an improvement.
Historical context
23 consecutive earlier months were lower.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2019 | 98.4% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, March 2019 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/A.MonthWise/L - March.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 "West Bengal", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for institutional delivery share in West Bengal
- West Bengal: institutional delivery share of 98.7% in April 2021 is the highest since October 2019.
- West Bengal: institutional delivery share of 97.8% in May 2020 is the lowest since July 2018.
- West Bengal: institutional delivery share of 98.3% in April 2020 is the lowest since February 2019.
- West Bengal: institutional delivery share of 98.7% in October 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- West Bengal: institutional delivery share of 98.7% in July 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
- West Bengal: institutional delivery share of 98.6% in April 2019 is the highest in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, West Bengal: institutional delivery share of 98.4% in March 2019 is the highest 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, March 2019 (FY 2018-19, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/institutional-delivery-share--west-bengal--2019-03--record
See also West Bengal and 98.4% in context.