RecordMay 2020Maternal and child
West Bengal: institutional delivery share of 97.8% in May 2020 is the lowest since July 2018.
What happened
- May 2020
- 97.8%
- 2018-07
- 97.7%
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
21 consecutive earlier months were higher. It extends a run of new lowests that began earlier.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | 97.8% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(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 "West Bengal", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| July 2018 | 97.7% | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, July 2018 (FY 2018-19, provisional) | 2018-2019.zip › 2018-2019/A.MonthWise/D - July.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 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.
- West Bengal: institutional delivery share of 98.4% in March 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 97.8% in May 2020 is the lowest since July 2018. Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, May 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/institutional-delivery-share--west-bengal--2020-05--record
See also West Bengal and 97.8% in context.