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Bulletin of the World Health... Jan 2016To analyse the design and operational status of India's civil registration and vital statistics system and facilitate the system's development into an accurate and...
OBJECTIVE
To analyse the design and operational status of India's civil registration and vital statistics system and facilitate the system's development into an accurate and reliable source of mortality data.
METHODS
We assessed the national civil registration and vital statistics system's legal framework, administrative structure and design through document review. We did a cross-sectional study for the year 2013 at national level and in Punjab state to assess the quality of the system's mortality data through analyses of life tables and investigation of the completeness of death registration and the proportion of deaths assigned ill-defined causes. We interviewed registrars, medical officers and coders in Punjab state to assess their knowledge and practice.
FINDINGS
Although we found the legal framework and system design to be appropriate, data collection was based on complex intersectoral collaborations at state and local level and the collected data were found to be of poor quality. The registration data were inadequate for a robust estimate of mortality at national level. A medically certified cause of death was only recorded for 965,992 (16.8%) of the 5,735,082 deaths registered.
CONCLUSION
The data recorded by India's civil registration and vital statistics system in 2011 were incomplete. If improved, the system could be used to reliably estimate mortality. We recommend improving political support and intersectoral coordination, capacity building, computerization and state-level initiatives to ensure that every death is registered and that reliable causes of death are recorded - at least within an adequate sample of registration units within each state.
Topics: Cause of Death; Cross-Sectional Studies; Data Accuracy; Data Collection; Death Certificates; Humans; India; Life Expectancy; Life Tables; Vital Statistics
PubMed: 26769992
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.15.153585 -
British Medical Journal Jul 1953
Topics: Biometry; Communicable Diseases; Humans; Vital Statistics
PubMed: 13059448
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British Medical Journal Aug 1953
Topics: Biometry; Communicable Diseases; Humans; Vital Statistics
PubMed: 13066757
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British Medical Journal Aug 1953
Topics: Biometry; Communicable Diseases; Humans; Vital Statistics
PubMed: 13059505
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British Medical Journal Jun 1951
Topics: Communicable Diseases; Vital Statistics
PubMed: 14839262
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British Medical Journal Jun 1952
Topics: Humans; Vital Statistics
PubMed: 14925442
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British Medical Journal Jan 1953
Topics: Humans; Vital Statistics
PubMed: 13009128
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NCHS Data Brief Dec 2021Deaths from drug overdose continue to contribute to overall mortality and the lowering of life expectancy in the United States (1-4). This report uses the most recent...
Deaths from drug overdose continue to contribute to overall mortality and the lowering of life expectancy in the United States (1-4). This report uses the most recent data from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) to update statistics on deaths from drug overdose in the United States, showing rates by demographic group and by specific types of drugs involved (such as opioids or stimulants), with a focus on changes from 2019 to 2020.
Topics: Analgesics, Opioid; Central Nervous System Stimulants; Drug Overdose; Humans; Life Expectancy; United States; Vital Statistics
PubMed: 34978529
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British Medical Journal May 1951
Topics: Communicable Diseases; Vital Statistics
PubMed: 14830862
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American Journal of Public Health Jun 1973
Topics: Birth Rate; China; Delivery of Health Care; Ethnicity; Europe; Female; Geography; Humans; Infant; Infant Mortality; Japan; Life Expectancy; Male; Mexico; Morbidity; Mortality; Occupations; Puerto Rico; Racial Groups; Religion; Sex Factors; United States; Vital Statistics
PubMed: 4707549
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.63.6.477