Brisbane Accord Group SESSION 10. UNSD COLLECTION OF VITAL Civil Registration STATISTICS Process: Place, Time, Cost, Late Registration UNITED NATIONS STATISTICS DIVISION Workshop on the Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Revision 3 for Arabic speaking countries Muscat, Oman, 14 17 November 2016 with
UN international demographic data collection Major vehicles for dissemination of population and vital statistics: UN Demographic Yearbook (DYB) both in print and electronic http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm UN Data website http://data.un.org/ 2
UN international demographic data collection This mandate comes from the earliest times of the Organization Based on sending a set of questionnaires to national statistics authorities 3
Demographic Yearbook (DYB) Data collected Vital statistics Population estimates International migration Population and housing censuses General characteristics Economic characteristics Housing Household characteristics Metadata collected Quality Methods 4
Vital statistics questionnaire Collection of tables distributed in 10 sections: 1. VS summary by urban/rural residence 2. Live births 5. Deaths 6. Infant deaths (deaths under 1 year of age) 8. Legally induced abortions 9. Marriages 3. Fertility rates 4. Life Tables 7. Foetal deaths and Late foetal deaths 10. Divorces 5
1. VS summary by urban/rural residence Vital statistics questionnaire 6
Demographic Yearbook (DYB) International comparability depends on: Completeness and accuracy of data Differences in statistical definitions Diverse tabulation procedures Figures coming from different types of sources 7
How complete are the data sent from countries? 8
100 Percentage of countries that sent data to UNSD 80 60 40 20 World Africa America, North America, South Asia Europe Oceania Total deaths by period and region 0 1995 1999 2000 2004 2005 2009 2010 2015 Total births by period and region 100 80 World Africa 60 America, North America, South 40 Asia Source: DYB Workshop database, on consulted the Principles mid-october and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Revision 3 2016 20 0 1995 1999 2000 2004 2005 2009 2010 2015 Europe Oceania 9
VS tables provided in the last five years Number 0 20 40 Percentage 0 50 100 Bahrain 30 Bahrain Oman 27 Oman Qatar 25 Qatar Kuwait 21 Kuwait Tunisia 13 Tunisia State of Palestine 13 State of Palestine Jordan 12 Jordan Lebanon 6 Lebanon Saudi Arabia 6 Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates 4 United Arab Emirates Sudan 3 Sudan Iraq 2 Iraq Morocco 2 Morocco Yemen 2 Yemen Syrian Arab Republic 0 Syrian Arab Republic Libya 0 Libya Source: DYB database, consulted 6 November 10 2016
A look at specific tables, last 5 years Table E01 Live births by sex and urban/rural residence 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Libya Morocco Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia State of Palestine Sudan Syrian Arab Republic Tunisia United Workshop Arab on the Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Revision 3 Emirates Yemen Muscat, Oman, 14-17 November 2016 11
A look at specific tables, last 5 years Table H01 Infant deaths by sex and urban/rural residence 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Libya Morocco Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia State of Palestine Sudan Syrian Arab Republic Tunisia United Workshop Arab on the Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Revision 3 Emirates Yemen Muscat, Oman, 14-17 November 2016 12
A look at specific tables, last 5 years Table G02 Deaths by age and sex (and urban/rural residence) 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Libya Morocco Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia State of Palestine Sudan Syrian Arab Republic Tunisia United Workshop Arab on the Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Revision 3 Emirates Yemen 13
What is the quality of data sent from countries? 14
Availability and quality of VS Percentage of countries Deaths Live births EUROPE AMERICA, NORTH OCEANIA ASIA AMERICA, SOUTH AFRICA EUROPE OCEANIA AMERICA, NORTH ASIA AMERICA, SOUTH AFRICA 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Data available, based on complete coverage of civil registration Workshop on the Principles Data available, and based Recommendations on incomplete coverage for a Vital of civil Statistics registration System, Revision 3 Data available, based on censuses and sample surveys Data not available Information as 15 of August 2016
Availability and quality of VS Level of completeness (%) 90 + Births Armenia, Bahrain, China, Hong Kong SAR, China, Macao SAR, Cyprus, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Israel, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Maldives, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Turkey, Egypt, Mauritius, Réunion, Saint Helena, Seychelles, South Africa Deaths Bahrain, China, Hong Kong SAR, China, Macao SAR, Cyprus, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Israel, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Maldives, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Egypt, Mauritius, Réunion, Saint Helena, Seychelles Brunei Darussalam, Tajikistan, Botswana, South Africa 75 89 Brunei Darussalam, Thailand, Botswana, Namibia 50 74 Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco Morocco, Namibia < 50 Malawi, Uganda, Zambia Ghana, Kenya, Malawi Information as of February 2015 16
Importance of providing data and metadata for dissemination Enabling social and public health studies Informed decisions Representation in the international setting International comparability 17
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Availability and quality of VS 60 Africa. Number of countries/areas reporting total deaths 50 40 30 46 42 37 40 50 40 Asia. Number of countries/areas reporting total deaths 14 13 13 13 20 10 0 15 10 7 12 6 7 7 7 1995 1999 2000 2004 2005 2009 2010 2015 Complete Incomplete No data 30 11 13 11 12 20 10 0 25 24 26 25 Complete Incomplete Muscat, No data Oman, 14-17 November 2016 1995 1999 2000 2004 2005 2009 2010 2015
Availability and quality of VS Africa. Number of countries/areas reporting total births 60 50 Asia. Number of countries/areas reporting total births 50 40 13 12 13 13 40 30 20 10 0 42 39 38 36 6 9 11 13 11 11 10 10 1995 1999 2000 2004 2005 2009 2010 2015 Complete Incomplete No data 30 20 10 0 10 12 10 11 27 26 27 26 Complete Incomplete Muscat, No data Oman, 14-17 November 2016 1995 1999 2000 2004 2005 2009 2010 2015