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United Nations sub-regional workshop on applying Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, for implementing the Regional Action Framework for CRVS in Asia

Istanbul, Turkey, 15- 18 September 2015

Session 12. UNSD collection of vital statistics



UN international demographic data collection

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• Based on sending a set of questionnaires to national statistics authorities

• The major vehicle for dissemination of population and vital statistics is the UN Demographic Yearbook (DYB)

http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm



Demographic Yearbook (DYB)

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• Vital statistics• Population estimates• International migration• Population and housing

censuses– General characteristics– Economic

characteristics– Housing– Household

characteristics

Data collected

• Quality• Methods

Metadata collected



Vital statistics questionnaire

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Collection of tables distributed in 10 sections:

2. Live births

4. Life Tables

7. Foetal deaths and Late foetal deaths

9. Marriages

10. Divorces

1. VS summary by urban/rural residence for the last 5 years

3. Fertility rates

5. Deaths

6. Infant deaths (deaths under 1 year of age)

8. Legally induced abortions



Demographic Yearbook (DYB)

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International comparability depends on:

• Completeness and accuracy of data

• Differences in statistical definitions

• Diverse tabulation procedures

• Figures coming different types of sources


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How complete are the data sent from countries?



Percentage of countries that sent data to UNSD in the last five years

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0

20

40

60

80

100

Africa America,North

America,South

Asia Europe Oceania

Live births by sex and urban/rural residenceLive births by age of mother and sex of child

0

20

40

60

80

100

Africa America,North

America,South

Asia Europe Oceania

Infant deaths by sex and urban/rural residenceInfant deaths by age and sex



VS tables provided in the last five years

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0

10

3134

13

3337

18

26

1925

04

05

101520253035404550

Number

0102030405060708090

100

Percentage



A look at specific tables, last 5 years

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Table E01 – Live births by sex and urban/rural residence2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

AfghanistanArmenia Azerbaijan Georgia Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Mongolia Russian Federation

Tajikistan Turkey TurkmenistanUzbekistan




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Table E04 – Live births by age of mother and sex of child2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

AfghanistanArmeniaAzerbaijan Georgia Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Mongolia Russian Federation

TajikistanTurkey TurkmenistanUzbekistan




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Table H02 – Infant deaths by age and sex2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

AfghanistanArmeniaAzerbaijan Georgia Iran (Islamic Republic of)Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan MongoliaRussian Federation

TajikistanTurkey TurkmenistanUzbekistan


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What is the quality of data sent from countries?



Availability and quality of VS

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0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

AFRICA

OCEANIA

AMERICA, SOUTH

ASIA

AMERICA, NORTH

EUROPE

AFRICA

AMERICA, SOUTH

ASIA

OCEANIA

AMERICA, NORTH

EUROPE

Dea

ths

Live

birt

hs

Data available, based on complete coverage of civil registrationData available, based on incomplete coverage of civil registrationData available, based on censuses and sample surveysData not available As of December 2014

Percentage of countries



Civil registration coverage worldwide

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Coverage of birth registration

As of December 2014



Civil registration coverage worldwide

15

Coverage of death registration

As of December 2014



Importance of providing data and metadata for dissemination

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Enabling social and public health

studies

Representation in the

international setting

International comparability

Informed decisions at the

national and international level



Gracias Merci ًشكرا

Thank You Спасибо谢谢

[email protected]@un.org

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