Transcript Proposals for Chapter I: Definition and uses of vital statistics Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Rev.

Proposals for
Chapter I: Definition and uses of
vital statistics
Principles and Recommendations for a
Vital Statistics System, Rev. 3
United Nations Expert Group Meeting on International Standards for Civil Registration and
Vital Statistics Systems, 27-30 June 2011, New York
What is covered in this report?
The report presents:
(i) proposed structure, and
(ii) annotated outline for Chapter I of
the Principles and
Recommendations for a Vital
Statistics System, Rev 3
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Proposed structure of Chapter I:
Definition and uses of vital statistics
– Definition of vital statistics
– Definitions of vital events
– Uses of vital statistics
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What are the changes from the last
revision?
•The list and definitions of VE remain the same
• In the P&R for a Vital Statistics System - Rev 2,
the uses of VS obtained from different sources
were not organized for easy reading and reference.
Proposal: a section on uses of vital statistics
– structured by the different uses of vital
statistics
– providing elaborated and comprehensive
explanations on the uses of VS
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Definition of vital statistics
Vital statistics is defined as a
collection of statistics on vital events
in a lifetime of a person as well as
relevant characteristics of the events
themselves and of the person and
persons concerned.
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Vital events
For vital statistics purpose, the vital events
of interest are:
- live births, adoptions, legitimations,
recognitions;
- deaths and foetal deaths; and
- marriages, divorces, separations and
annulments of marriage.
Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Revision 2, para 57
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Definitions of vital events
The recommended definitions of each
vital event on which data are to be
collected for vital statistics purposes
are as given in para 57 of the Principles
and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics
System, Revision 2
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Uses of vital statistics
The paper provides an annotated outline
of the various uses of vital statistics
irrespective of sources (records of vital
events from civil registration; specific
retrospective questions on fertility and
mortality in population censuses and
household sample surveys; vital records from
sample registration)
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Section on uses of vital statistics
• Preamble on general use of vital statistics
• Uses of vital statistics in specific areas
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population estimates and projections
cohort and period studies
constructing life tables
preparing Millennium Development Goals and other
health-related indicators
epidemiological studies
public health programmes
maternal and child health services
family planning services
social and demographic studies and programmes
local and national programmes
Other uses
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In conclusion
The meeting is invited to provide its views
on the proposed Chapter I of the Principles
and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics
System, Rev. 3 – in particular with regard to
the suggested:
• structure
• annotated outline of uses of vital
statistics
• any other comment?
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THANK YOU!
United Nations Expert Group Meeting on International Standards for Civil Registration and
Vital Statistics Systems, 27-30 June 2011, New York