Transcript Compilation of Vital Statistics at International Level Session 10 Workshop on Improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in SADC Region Blantyre, Malawi, 1 -

Compilation of Vital Statistics
at International Level
Session 10
Workshop on Improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in SADC
Region
Blantyre, Malawi, 1 - 5 December 2008
Outline
 Introduction
 UN Demographic Yearbook
 How complete are the data sent from
countries?
 Response and quality of data provided to DYB
 Importance of collecting and providing data
 What are the challenges countries face?
 Census
 Questions on Vital Statistics
 Ways forward
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Blantyre, Malawi, 1 - 5 December 2008
Introduction
 The UN international data collection
process is based on sending a set of
questionnaires to national statistics
authorities.
 A great deal of this process depends on
the replies received from countries.
 The major vehicle for international
dissemination of national population and
vital statistics is the UN Demographic
Yearbook (DYB).
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Demographic Yearbook (DYB)
 Questionnaires:
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Population estimates
Vital Statistics
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Population census
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General characteristics
Economic characteristics
Housing
Household characteristics
International Migration and travel
Yearly
When a census has
been conducted
Pilot test
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Demographic Yearbook (DYB)
 Vital Statistics (VS) questionnaire:
 Comprehensive collection of tables distributed in
10 sections:
1. VS
summary by
urban/rural
residence for
the last 5
year
2. Live births
7. Foetal deaths and
Late foetal deaths
3. Fertility
rates
4. Life
Tables
5. Deaths
8. Legally induced
abortions
6. Infant
deaths (deaths
under 1 year
of age)
9. Marriages
10. Divorces
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Demographic Yearbook (DYB)
 New characteristics of VS questionnaire:
 Pre-filled with available data from past years
for each country
 Password protected to avoid changes in
format which can impair data processing
and validation
 Currently being revised to reduce burden on
countries
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Demographic Yearbook (DYB)
 Metadata:
 Table called “coding scheme” requesting
information of the quality and methods
of vital statistics being sent to DYB
 None of the SADC countries filled in the
metadata “coding scheme” in this year’s
data collection
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Demographic Yearbook (DYB)
 Sources of variation in data reliability
(and thus affecting international
comparability):
 Completeness and accuracy of the data
produced by a national registration system vary
from one country to another.
 In some cases, the registration system covers
only certain vital events.
 Differences in statistical definitions of vital
events.
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Demographic Yearbook (DYB)
 … Sources of variation of data reliability
(and thus affecting international
comparability):
 Differences in geographical coverage and
national groups.
 Diverse tabulation procedures
 Official estimates, frequently from sample
surveys: subject to sampling errors, nonsampling errors and completeness issues.
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How complete are the data
sent from countries?
DYB 2006
Natality
Foetal
mortality
Infant and
maternal
mortality
General
mortality
Nuptiality
and
divorces
Total
By
sex
Total
Total
By
sex
Total
By
sex
Total
Angola
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Botswana
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2/4
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DR Congo
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




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Lesotho
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




1/3
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Madagascar
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






1/3
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


3/4
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1/3
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Malawi
Mauritius
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How complete are the data
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DYB 2006
Natality
Foetal
mortality
Infant and
maternal
mortality
General
mortality
Nuptiality
and
divorces
Total
By
sex
Total
Total
By
sex
Total
By
sex
Total
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2/4
2/3
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Namibia
2/3
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


2/4
2/3
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South Africa
2/3
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1/3
1/3
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3/4
2/3
2/3
Swaziland
2/3
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


3/4
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



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
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1/3
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1/4
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3/4
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Mozambique
UR Tanzania
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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How complete are the
data sent from countries?
DYB 2006
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How complete are the data sent from
countries?
A look at specific tables, last 5 years
Table E01 – Live births by sex and urban/rural residence
2002
2003
2004
2005
Malawi
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Mauritius
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2006
Angola
Botswana
DR Congo
Lesotho
Madagascar
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Mozambique
Namibia
South Africa
Swaziland
UR Tanzania
Zambia
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Zimbabwe
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Region
Blantyre, Malawi, 1 - 5 December 2008

How complete are the data sent from
countries?
A look at specific tables, last 5 years
Table E02 – Live births by marital status of mother and sex
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
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Angola
Botswana
DR Congo
Lesotho
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
South Africa
Swaziland
UR Tanzania
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Workshop on Improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in SADC
Region
Blantyre, Malawi, 1 - 5 December 2008
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How complete are the data sent from
countries?
A look at specific tables, last 5 years
Table G02 – Deaths by age, sex and urban/rural residence
2002
2003
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2004
2005
2006
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Angola
Botswana
DR Congo
Lesotho
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
South Africa
Swaziland
UR Tanzania
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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How complete are the data sent from
countries?
Last 10 years
G01 - Deaths by sex and urban/rural residence
% in completeness of
data
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100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Year
Angola
Madagas car
Bots wana
Malawi
DR Congo
Mauritius
Les otho
Mozam bique
Nam ibia
Zam bia
South Africa
Zim babwe
Swaziland
UR Tanzania
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Response and quality of data
provided to DYB
 There’s a fair response within SADC region for
general mortality and natality data.
 But it is low for the rest of subjects.
 E.g. Malawi, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia and
Zimbabwe provide mortality and natality tables but
no other subjects
 Quality
 Gaps in historical data
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Importance of collecting and
providing data
 Informed public policy decisions
 Enabling of social studies to test
hypotheses
 Better representation of countries in the
international setting
 International comparability
 Global dissemination of data by UNSD
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What are the challenges for
providing data?
 Information not collected within the
country
 Information collected within the
country, but not reported to UNSD
 Information collected and reported
but because of lack of metadata, it
cannot be published
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Census
 Questions recommended on Vital
Statistics (core topics)
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Children ever born alive
Children living
Date of birth of last child ever born alive
Household deaths in the past 12 months
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Census – 2000 round
Children
ever born
alive
Children
Children
ever born living
alive
Children
living
Mozambique
(1997)
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DR Congo
Namibia
(2001)
Lesotho
South Africa
Madagascar
Swaziland
(1997)
Angola
Botswana
Malawi
(1998)
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Mauritius
(2000)
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
UR Tanzania
Zambia
(2000)
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Zimbabwe
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Census - 2010 round
 Questions actually used by SADC countries
 2006 Lesotho Census
 Children ever born alive
 Date of birth of last child born alive
 Children living
 2008 Malawi Census
 Children ever born alive
 Children living
 Household deaths in the past 12 months
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Census - 2010 round
 Questions actually used by SADC countries
 2007 Mozambique Census
 Children ever born alive
 Children living
 Household deaths in the past 12 months
 2007 Swaziland Census
 Household deaths in the past 12 months
 Children ever born alive
 Children living
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Discussion of ways forward
 The DYB seeks to promote the dissemination
and utilisation of national data at the
international level.
 How to improve level of response from
countries to DYB?
 Factors endogenous to DYB
 Factors associated to national circumstances
and civil registration system
 How to improve quality of data provided to DYB?
 What are the benefits to countries of
responding to the DYB system?
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Thank you
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