Transcript Sources of Information United Nations Expert Group Meeting on International Standards for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics June, 2011

Sources of Information
United Nations Expert Group Meeting on International Standards for Civil
Registration and Vital Statistics
June, 2011
ORGANIZATION
1. Sources consider in P&R rev. 2
2. México experience
3. Topics for discussion
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Principles:
a) Universal coverage
b) Continuity
c) Confidentiality, and
d) Regular dissemination
Timeliness, completeness and accuracy
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VITAL RECORDS
FROM CIVIL
REGISTER
POPULATION
CENSUSES
Other administrative
records
VITAL
STATISTICS
RECORDS FROM
HEALTH SERVICES
SAMPLE SURVEYS
Vital Records from
registration áreas
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Civil Register Records
Most recommended source
Fulfills 4 principles
Weaknesses:
High cost of establishing it
Organization – dealing with different offices
Administrative Structure of Civil Register
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Population Censuses
Traditional approach
Principles of a censuses:
Universality ⇨ Universal coverage
Defined periodicity ⇨ Regular dissemination
Continuity is not fulfill
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Surveys
Provides information for larger areas, then
universal coverage fails
They’re expensive and in most of the cases
onetime event, then continuity and regular
dissemination fail
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Census and Surveys
Both sources keeps confidentiality on data
Supplementary source or a evaluation tool
Weakness
They introduce non sampling errors
Surveys introduces sampling errors
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Health Records
Proof of occurrence for births and deaths
Provide more detailed information
Continuity is guarantee
Universal Coverage is not
To assure confidentiality it is required full
cooperation among offices
Regular dissemination ¿Does Health
Ministry have its own Statistics System?
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Health Records
These records can be used as a
complement of civil register system and,
under certain circumstances, can be used to
provide earlier information than those from
civil register
Preliminary indicator (partial)
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Universal
Coverage
Continuity
Confidentiality
Regular
Dissemintation
Civil Register
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Population
Census
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Sample Survey
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Health Records
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MÉXICO EXPERIENCE
Since 2008 there is a National System of
Statistic and Geographical Information,
establish in National Constitution (SNIEG)
There is a National Law
INEGI is the autonomous office that
coordinates the System
2 functions: Coordinate and produce info.
MÉXICO EXPERIENCE
Decentralized Civil Register Office
Each State has its own legislation (Civil
Code, Local Health Law, etc.)
There are differences among states related
to the number and dissemination of the
offices
MÉXICO EXPERIENCE
Civil Register
Format
Health System
Format
Other Formats
Births
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Deaths
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Foetal Deaths
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Marriages
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Divorces
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MÉXICO EXPERIENCE
Timeliness: Most recent info. 2008
Completeness: some vars. Over 15% non
response or unidentified
Other sources
Census 2010 (results already published)
Children ever born and surviving
questions on short format
Demographic Dynamics National Survey
(2009) with a complete history of births
TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION
Coverage: “Just the number” vs
“Characterization”
Mechanisms for training civil register
officials
Data Quality
What the user’s needs are?
THANK YOU
GRACIAS
Dirección Regional Centro Norte