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Institutional deliveries

Percentage of births in the past 5 years that took place in a health facility (public or private). A key marker of access to maternal care.

Tamil Nadu, latest

99.6%

2020

Change

+0.7%

2015 → 2020

Rank vs compared states

#1 of 5

TN vs MH, KA, GJ, UP · higher is better

Tamil Nadu's Institutional delivery is 99.6% (2020), up +0.7% since 2015. It ranks #1 of 5 compared states (higher is better).

Read this number carefully

  • The latest year (2020) is from a different source; treat the most recent change cautiously.
Source Survey International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), MoHFW Coverage 2015 – 2020 Sources & methodology ↓
Institutional delivery · 2015 – 2020

Tamil Nadu's Institutional delivery rose from 98.9% (2015) to 99.6% (2020).

+0.7 pts 0% 50% 100%

Source: International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), MoHFW

Compare with Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh
2015 2020
  1. 1 TN Tamil Nadu 99.6% 2020
  2. 2 KA Karnataka 97.5% 2020
  3. 3 MH Maharashtra 95.0% 2020
  4. 4 GJ Gujarat 94.3% 2020
  5. 5 UP Uttar Pradesh 83.4% 2020

Tamil Nadu highlighted. Each row shows that state's value and the year it is from — compare like years with care.

Where this data comes from

The provenance of every value above and how to cite it.

Methodology & notes

NFHS asks women aged 15-49 about most recent live births in the past 5 years. HMIS facility-reports differ as the denominator is reported deliveries, not all births.

Alternate sources tracked

  • · International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), MoHFW (National Family Health Survey, Round 4 (2015–16))
  • · Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Health Management Information System (HMIS))

All values

Every observation, by state and period. Newest first.

Tamil Nadu

  • 2020 2020 99.6%
  • 2015 2015 98.9%
Maharashtra 2 values
  • 2020 2020 95.0%
  • 2015 2015 90.3%
Karnataka 2 values
  • 2020 2020 97.5%
  • 2015 2015 94.3%
Gujarat 2 values
  • 2020 2020 94.3%
  • 2015 2015 88.7%
Uttar Pradesh 2 values
  • 2020 2020 83.4%
  • 2015 2015 67.8%

Cross-state comparison (2020)

Sorted high → low. Tamil Nadu highlighted.