Healthcare
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.
Tamil Nadu's Institutional delivery rose from 98.9% (2015) to 99.6% (2020).
Source: International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), MoHFW
Compare with Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh
- 1 TN Tamil Nadu 99.6% 2020
- 2 KA Karnataka 97.5% 2020
- 3 MH Maharashtra 95.0% 2020
- 4 GJ Gujarat 94.3% 2020
- 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.
Source provenance
Observations come from 2 distinct sources, segmented below by period.
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2015
↗International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), MoHFW
National Family Health Survey, Round 4 (2015–16)
5 observations across 5 states · Tier 3
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2020
Primary ↗International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), MoHFW
National Family Health Survey, Round 5 (2019–21)
5 observations across 5 states · Tier 3
Click any segment to open the source publication and verify the values yourself.
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.