Topics and themes to be investigated
in a vital statistics system
2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses
Workshop on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in the UNESCWA Region
Cairo, Egypt, 3 - 6 December 2007
Recommended items to be collected
from civil registration system
2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses
Workshop on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in the UNESCWA Region
Cairo, Egypt, 3 - 6 December 2007
Recommended items in the statistical report
for live births
Birth record and/or birth statistical report
 Characteristics of the event:
 Date of occurrence and registration
 Difference between the two -> delays
 Place of occurrence
 Tabulate for urban/rural or small admin.
subdivisions
 Place of registration
 Follow back for clarification
 Assess local registration work load
 Obtain optimal geographic distribution of
registration points
2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses
Workshop on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in the UNESCWA Region
Cairo, Egypt, 3 - 6 December 2007
Recommended items in the statistical report
for live births (cont.)
Birth record and/or birth statistical report
 Characteristics of the event (cont.):
 Type of births (single, twin, …):
 Record for both live-born infant and dead-born
foetus
 Attendant at birth
 Physician, nurse, nurse-midwife, midwife, other
paramedical personnel, lay person, or not
stated.
2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses
Workshop on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in the UNESCWA Region
Cairo, Egypt, 3 - 6 December 2007
Recommended items in the statistical report
for live births (cont.)
 Characteristics of the child
 Sex
 Birth weight (immediately after birth)
 Study infant mortality and health during
infancy and childhood
 Characteristics of the parents
 Date of birth of parents
 Place of usual residence of parents
 Marital status of the mother
2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses
Workshop on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in the UNESCWA Region
Cairo, Egypt, 3 - 6 December 2007
Recommended items in the statistical report
for live births (cont.)
 Characteristics of the parents (cont.)
 Children born alive to mother during her entire
lifetime
 Children born alive to mother during her entire
lifetime and still living
 Foetal deaths to mother during her entire
lifetime
 Date of last previous live birth
2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses
Workshop on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in the UNESCWA Region
Cairo, Egypt, 3 - 6 December 2007
Recommended items in the statistical report
for deaths
Death record and/or death statistical report
 Characteristics of the event
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Date and place of occurrence,
Date and place of registration,
Underlying cause of death,
Certifier
 Characteristics of the deceased
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Date of birth,
Usual place of residence (of mother if infant death),
Sex,
Marital status
2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses
Workshop on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in the UNESCWA Region
Cairo, Egypt, 3 - 6 December 2007
Recommended items in the statistical report
for foetal deaths
 Characteristics of the event
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Place and date of occurrence
Place and date of registration
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Sex of the foetus
Date of birth of the parents
Date of marriage of the mother
Place of usual residence of the parents
Children born alive to mother during her entire lifetime
Children born alive to mother during her entire lifetime
and still living
Foetal deaths to mother during her entire lifetime
Date of last previous live birth
 Characteristics of the foetus and of the parents
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2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses
Workshop on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in the UNESCWA Region
Cairo, Egypt, 3 - 6 December 2007
Recommended items in the statistical report
for marriages
 Characteristics of the event
 Place and date of occurrence
 Place and date of registration
 Characteristics of bride and groom
 Date of birth
 Place of usual residence
2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses
Workshop on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in the UNESCWA Region
Cairo, Egypt, 3 - 6 December 2007
Recommended items in the statistical report
for divorces
 Characteristics of the event
 Place and date of occurrence
 Place and date of registration
 Characteristics of bride and groom
 Date of birth
 Date of marriage/duration of marriage being
dissolved
 Place of usual residence
2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses
Workshop on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in the UNESCWA Region
Cairo, Egypt, 3 - 6 December 2007
Recommended items to be collected
from censuses and single-round
retrospective sample surveys
2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses
Workshop on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in the UNESCWA Region
Cairo, Egypt, 3 - 6 December 2007
For all members of the household
 Relationship among the members of the
family – own child, reconstructed birth
history
 Identify of the mother, if living in the
household (her number on the
questionnaire) – own child, reconstructed
birth history
 Data of birth
 Orphanhood from mother/father (or
survival of parents) – adult mortality
2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses
Workshop on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in the UNESCWA Region
Cairo, Egypt, 3 - 6 December 2007
For selected members of the household
(women 15 years of age and over)
 Total number of children ever born alive, by sex
(fertility)
 Total number of children ever born and still living, by
sex (mortality)
 Date of birth and sex of the last child born alive
 Survival of the last child born alive at the time of the
survey
 Date of death of the last child born alive
 Age of first marriage
 Age of first child
 Duration of marriage (or date of first marriage)
2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses
Workshop on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in the UNESCWA Region
Cairo, Egypt, 3 - 6 December 2007
Information for all households
 Number of deaths in the household during
the previous 12 months
 For each deceased:
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Name
Sex
Date of birth
Date of death
2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses
Workshop on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in the UNESCWA Region
Cairo, Egypt, 3 - 6 December 2007
THANK YOU!
2010 World Programme on Population and Housing Censuses
Workshop on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in the UNESCWA Region
Cairo, Egypt, 3 - 6 December 2007