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British Medical Journal Jun 1957
Topics: Cohort Studies; Humans; Vital Statistics
PubMed: 13426632
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Bulletin of the World Health... Apr 2018
Topics: Cause of Death; Data Accuracy; Humans; Population Surveillance; Registries; Reproducibility of Results; Vital Statistics
PubMed: 29695876
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.18.211086 -
Bulletin of the World Health... Dec 2023To assess civil registration and vital statistics completeness for births in World Health Organization's Member States and identify data completeness gaps.
OBJECTIVE
To assess civil registration and vital statistics completeness for births in World Health Organization's Member States and identify data completeness gaps.
METHODS
For the 194 Member States, we sourced birth registration data from the United Nations Children's Fund database of national surveys, and, where available, vital registration reports. We acquired publicly available vital statistics compiled by national authorities. We determined civil registration completeness as the percentage of living children younger than five years whose births have been reported as registered. We evaluated vital statistics completeness against the United Nations World Population Prospects' live birth estimates, and grouped countries into seven categories based on their civil registration and vital statistics completeness.
FINDINGS
Globally, civil registration completeness for births was 77%, exceeding vital statistics completeness for births at 63%. Twenty countries had limited civil registration (25% to 74% completeness) and had nascent or no vital statistics data (completeness < 25%) for births. Five countries had nascent or no civil registration and vital statistics for births. Twenty countries had functional civil registration (75% to 94% completeness) but nascent or no available vital statistics. Approximately half (96) of the countries had complete civil registration and vital statistics for births, but contributed to only 22% of global births.
CONCLUSION
The gap in completeness between civil registration data and vital statistics for births is most pronounced in countries with lower civil registration completeness. Enhancing data transfer processes for birth registration, along with targeted investments to elevate registration rates, is crucial for yielding comprehensive fertility statistics for governmental planning.
Topics: Child; Humans; Registries; Vital Statistics; Global Health; United Nations; Fertility
PubMed: 38024250
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.22.289035 -
British Medical Journal Feb 1953
Topics: Biometry; Communicable Diseases; Vital Statistics
PubMed: 13009228
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British Medical Journal Jul 1953
Topics: Biometry; Communicable Diseases; Humans; Vital Statistics
PubMed: 13059428
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BMC Medicine Mar 2020The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) agenda offers a major impetus to consolidate and accelerate development in civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems....
The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) agenda offers a major impetus to consolidate and accelerate development in civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems. Strengthening CRVS systems is an SDG outcome in itself. Moreover, CRVS systems are the best - if not essential - source of data to monitor and guide health policy debates and to assess progress towards numerous SDG targets and indicators. They also provide the necessary documentation and proof of identity for service access and are critical for disaster preparedness and response. While there has been impressive global momentum to improve CRVS systems over the past decade, several challenges remain. This article collection provides an overview of recent innovations, progress, viewpoints and key areas in which action is still required - notably around the need for better systems and procedures to notify the fact of death and to reliably diagnose its cause, both for deaths in hospital and elsewhere.
Topics: Data Accuracy; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Humans; Inventions; Mortality; Research; Sustainable Development; Vital Statistics
PubMed: 32146906
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-020-01526-9 -
BMJ Global Health Jul 2023Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) systems are the optimal source for data on births, deaths and causes of death for health policy, programme evaluation and...
Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) systems are the optimal source for data on births, deaths and causes of death for health policy, programme evaluation and research. In Indonesia, indicators such as life expectancy at birth, childhood and maternal mortality rates and cause-specific death rates need to be routinely monitored for national health policy. However, the CRVS system is not yet producing reliable vital statistics, which creates a challenge for evidence-based health action. In 2019, the Indonesian government released a national strategy for the CRVS system, with targets for improved coverage and data quality by 2024. This article describes findings from a programme of formative and implementation research to guide the application of the national strategy. At first, a detailed CRVS assessment and gap analysis were undertaken using an international framework. The assessment findings were used to develop a revised business process model for reporting deaths and their causes at village, subdistrict and district level. In addition, a field instruction manual was also developed to guide personnel in implementation. Two field sites in Java-Malang District and Kudus Regency were selected for pilot testing the reporting procedures, and relevant site preparation and training were carried out. Data compilations for Malang in 2019 and Kudus in 2020 were analysed to derive mortality indicators. High levels of death reporting completeness (83% to 89%) were reported from both districts, along with plausible cause-specific mortality profiles, although the latter need further validation. The study findings establish the feasibility of implementing revised death reporting procedures at the local level, as well as demonstrate sustainability through institutionalisation and capacity building, and can be used to accelerate further development of the CRVS system in Indonesia.
Topics: Infant, Newborn; Humans; Child; Indonesia; Vital Statistics; Data Accuracy; Life Expectancy; Capacity Building
PubMed: 37474276
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-012358 -
Edinburgh Medical Journal Jan 1953
Topics: Female; Humans; Parity; Pregnancy; Vital Statistics
PubMed: 13021082
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The Eugenics Review Apr 1946
Topics: Birth Rate; Netherlands; Vital Statistics
PubMed: 20982104
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PloS One 2023This study investigated the association between parental educational level and infant mortality using data from Vital Statistics and Census in Japan. We used the Census...
This study investigated the association between parental educational level and infant mortality using data from Vital Statistics and Census in Japan. We used the Census data in 2020 and birth and mortality data from the Vital Statistics from 2018 to 2021 in Japan. Data linkage was conducted between birth data and the Census to link the educational level with parents for birth data and between the birth data and mortality data to identify births that resulted in infant mortality. Four educational levels were compared: "junior high school," "high school," "technical school or junior college," and "university." A multivariate logistic regression model was used to investigate an association between parental educational level and infant mortality using other risk factors as covariates. After the data linkage, data on 890,682 births were analyzed. The proportion of junior high school or high school graduates was higher among fathers and mothers for births with infant mortality compared with that among those for births without infant mortality; in contrast, the proportion of university graduates was lower for births with infant mortality than those without infant mortality. Regression analysis showed that mothers with junior high school or high school graduates were significantly and positively associated with infant mortality compared with those with university graduates. As a conclusion, lower educational level in mothers was positively associated with infant mortality, and it was shown that a difference in infant mortality depending on parental educational level existed in Japan.
Topics: Infant; Female; Humans; Japan; Censuses; Educational Status; Infant Mortality; Vital Statistics; Parents
PubMed: 37314992
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0286530