Table 2. Rates of Institutional Delivery and Cesarean Delivery by State and Union Territorya.
| State | Delivery Rate, % (95% CI) | No. of Births | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Institutional | Population Cesarean | Institutional Cesareanb | ||
| Andhra Pradesh | 91.5 (90.6-92.5) | 40.1 (38.4-41.8) | 43.8 (42.0-45.6) | 3128 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 52.3 (50.9-53.7) | 8.9 (8.1-9.7) | 17.0 (15.6-18.5) | 4966 |
| Assam | 70.6 (69.8-71.5) | 13.4 (12.8-14.1) | 19.0 (18.1-19.9) | 10 309 |
| Bihar | 63.8 (63.3-64.4) | 6.2 (5.9-6.5) | 9.7 (9.3-10.2) | 25 437 |
| Chhattisgarh | 70.2 (69.3-71.2) | 9.9 (9.3-10.5) | 14.1 (13.2-14.9) | 9283 |
| Delhi | 84.5 (82.7-86.3) | 26.7 (24.6-28.9) | 31.6 (29.2-34.1) | 1580 |
| Gujarat | 88.7 (88.0-89.4) | 18.4 (17.6-19.3) | 20.7 (19.8-21.7) | 7730 |
| Haryana | 80.4 (79.6-81.3) | 11.7 (11.0-12.4) | 14.5 (13.6-15.4) | 7882 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 76.4 (74.9-78.0) | 16.7 (15.3-18.0) | 21.8 (20.1-23.5) | 2929 |
| Jammu and Kashmir | 85.7 (84.9-86.4) | 33.1 (32.1-34.1) | 38.6 (37.5-39.8) | 8245 |
| Jharkhand | 61.9 (61.1-62.8) | 9.9 (9.4-10.4) | 15.9 (15.1-16.8) | 12 204 |
| Karnataka | 94.3 (93.8-94.8) | 23.6 (22.7-24.6) | 25.0 (24.0-26.0) | 7789 |
| Kerala | 99.9 (99.8-100) | 35.8 (33.9-37.7) | 35.8 (33.9-37.7) | 2462 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 80.8 (80.3-81.3) | 8.6 (8.3-9.0) | 10.7 (10.3-11.1) | 24 611 |
| Maharashtra | 90.3 (89.7-90.9) | 20.1 (19.3-20.9) | 22.2 (21.4-23.1) | 9401 |
| Manipur | 69.1 (67.9-70.3) | 21.1 (20.1-22.2) | 30.6 (29.1-32.1) | 5636 |
| Meghalaya | 51.4 (49.9-52.9) | 7.6 (6.8-8.4) | 14.8 (13.3-16.2) | 4409 |
| Mizoram | 79.8 (78.7-80.9) | 12.7 (11.7-13.6) | 15.9 (14.7-17.1) | 4905 |
| Nagaland | 32.8 (31.5-34.2) | 5.8 (5.1-6.5) | 17.6 (15.7-19.6) | 4607 |
| Odisha | 85.4 (84.8-86.1) | 13.8 (13.2-14.5) | 16.1 (15.4-16.9) | 11 106 |
| Puducherry | 99.9 (99.7-100) | 33.6 (30.8-36.4) | 33.6 (30.8-36.4) | 1081 |
| Punjab | 90.5 (89.7-91.3) | 24.6 (23.4-25.7) | 27.2 (25.9-28.4) | 5216 |
| Rajasthan | 84.0 (83.4-84.5) | 8.6 (8.2-9.0) | 10.2 (9.7-10.7) | 16 832 |
| Sikkim | 94.7 (93.3-96.1) | 20.9 (18.4-23.4) | 22.0 (19.4-24.7) | 1005 |
| Tamil Nadu | 98.9 (98.7-99.2) | 34.1 (33.0-35.1) | 34.4 (33.4-35.5) | 7922 |
| Telangana | 91.7 (90.6-92.8) | 57.7 (55.8-59.7) | 62.9 (60.9-64.9) | 2427 |
| Tripura | 79.9 (77.7-82.0) | 20.5 (18.3-22.6) | 25.6 (23.0-28.3) | 1330 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 67.8 (67.4-68.3) | 9.4 (9.1-9.7) | 13.8 (13.4-14.2) | 41 751 |
| Uttarakhand | 68.6 (67.5-69.8) | 13.1 (12.3-14.0) | 19.1 (17.9-20.3) | 5825 |
| West Bengal | 75.2 (74.0-76.4) | 23.8 (22.7-25.0) | 31.7 (30.2-33.1) | 5328 |
| India | 78.9 (78.8-79.1) | 17.2 (17.1-17.3) | 21.8 (21.6-21.9) | 259 627 |
a
Data are from the fourth round of the 2015-2016 National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) and computed from NFHS-4 microdata set (version 73; released in May 2018). States with fewer than 1000 sample births are not shown.
b
Computed for births in health facilities.