Volume 50 - Article 38 | Pages 1151–1170  

International completeness of death registration

By Ariel Karlinsky

References

Adair, T., Gamage, U. S. H., Mikkelsen, L., and Joshi, R. (2021). Are there sex differences in completeness of death registration and quality of cause of death statistics? Results from a global analysis. BMJ Global Health 6: e006660.

Weblink:
Download reference:

Adair, T., Lopez, A. D., Adair, T., Lopez, A. D., and Hudson, S. (2018). Estimating the completeness of death registration: An empirical method. PLOS ONE 13(5): e0197047.

Weblink:
Download reference:

Adair, T., Lopez, A.D., and Hudson, S. (2020). Approaches and methods for estimating excess deaths due to COVID-19. Melbourne: Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health Initiative, Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Improvement, University of Melbourne.

Download reference:

Bahrain Information & eGovernment Authority (2023). Births and deaths.

Basu, J. K. and Adair, T. (2021). Have inequalities in completeness of death registration between states in India narrowed during two decades of civil registration system strengthening? International Journal for Equity in Health 20(195).

Weblink:
Download reference:

Beaney, T., Clarke, J. M., Jain, V., Golestaneh, A. K., Lyons, G., Salman, D., and Majeed, A. (2020). Excess mortality: The gold standard in measuring the impact of COVID-19 worldwide? Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 113(9): 329–334.

Weblink:
Download reference:

Benin National Institute of Statistics and Demography (2018–2019). Annuaire des statistiques de l’etat civil au benin. Cotonou: National Institute of Statistics and Demography. Cotonou: National Institute of Statistics and Demography.

Burkina Faso Ministry Health (2001). Annuaire statistique.

Weblink:
Download reference:

Central Statistical Office, Government of the Kingdom of Eswatini (2023). Annual vital statistics report, January 2022 – December 2022. Mbabane: Government of the Kingdom of Eswatini.

Central statistics office of Dominica (2019). Total number of births and deaths 1991 to 2018.

Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems (2021). Synthesis brief: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Africa: How civil registration and vital statistics systems supported an emergency response. The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, the APAI-CRVS Secretariat, and the Centre of Excellence for CRVS Systems.

Democratic Republic of the Congo National Institute of Statistics (2021). Annuaire statistique RDC 2020. Kinshasa: National Institute of Statistics.

Download reference:

Djibouti National Institute of Statistics (2015). Annuaire statistique. Djibouti: National Institute of Statistics.

Download reference:

Equatorial Guinea, National Institute of Statistics (2018–2019). Anuario Estadístico De Guinea Ecuatorial. Malabo: National Institute of Statistics.

Download reference:

Fiji Bureau Of Statistics (2012–2021). Republic of Fiji vital statistics report 2012–2017. Suva: Fiji Bureau Of Statistics.

Gabon General Directorate of Statistics and Economic Studies (2018). Statistical yearbook 2017. Libreville: General Directorate of Statistics and Economic Studies.

Download reference:

General Directorate Statistics (2015). Timor-Leste births and deaths statistics report 2014–2015. Timor-Leste: General Directorate of Statistics.

General, India – Office of the Registrar (2021). Vital statistics of India based on the civil registration system 2019. New Delhi: Office of the Registrar General.

Download reference:

Grenada Central Statistical Office (2021). Live births and deaths, 2000 to 2020.

Guinea Institut National de la Statistique (2022). Annuaire statistique 2021. Conakry: Institut National de la Statistique.

Guyana Bureau Statistics (2009). Yearly and quarterly deaths by region and by sex, Guyana.

Iburg, K. M., Mikkelsen, L., Adair, T., and Lopez, A. D. (2020). Are cause of death data fit for purpose? Evidence from 20 countries at different levels of socio-economic development. PLOS ONE 15(8): e0237539.

Weblink:
Download reference:

Indonesia Director General of Population and Civil Registration (2015–2019). The number of total deaths in Indonesia by month.

Download reference:

Iraq Central Statistical Organization (2016–2019). Health and vital statistics.

Weblink:
Download reference:

Islam, N., Shkolnikov, V. M., Acosta, R. J., Klimkin, I., Kawachi, I., Irizarry, R. A., Alicandro, G., Khunti, K., Yates, T., Jdanov, D. A., White, M., Lewington, S., and Lacey, B. (2016). Excess deaths associated with COVID-19 pandemic in 2020: Age and sex disaggregated time series analysis in 29 high income countries. BMJ 373: n1137.

Weblink:
Download reference:

Ivory Coast Ministry of the Interior (2020). Annuaire statistique d’etat civil. Abidjan: Ministry of the Interior.

Johnson, S. C., Cunningham, M., Dippenaar, I. N., Sharara, F., and Wool, E. E. (2021). Public health utility of cause of death data: Applying empirical algorithms to improve data quality. BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 21(175).

Weblink:
Download reference:

Kamoriki, B., Ruskin, R., Reeve, M., Chowdhury, M. H., Mahesh, P. K. B., and Adair, T. (2020). An audit of the death notification database of Solomon Islands. CRVS country reports. Melbourne: Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health Initiative, Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Improvement, University of Melbourne.

Karlinsky, A. and Kobak, D. (2021). Tracking excess mortality across countries during the COVID-19 pandemic with the World Mortality Dataset. eLife 10: e69336.

Weblink:
Download reference:

Kenya National Bureau Statistics (2021). Statistical abstract 2020. Nairobi: Kenya National Bureau of Statistics.

Kisembo, R. (2019). Rosemary Kisembo acceptance speech.

Lee, M. M. and Zhang, N. (2017). Legibility and the informational foundations of state capacity. The Journal of Politics 79(1): 118–132.

Weblink:
Download reference:

Lesotho Bureau Of Statistics (2019). Vital statistics.

Weblink:
Download reference:

Liberia Ministry of Health (2017). Birth and death registration and certification policy. Monrovia: Liberia Ministry of Health.

Lozano, R., Fullman, N., Abate, D., Abay, S. M., Abbafati, C., Abbasi, N., Abbastabar, H., Abd-Allah, F., Abdela, J., and Abdelalim, A. (2018). Measuring progress from 1990 to 2017 and projecting attainment to 2030 of the health-related Sustainable Development Goals for 195 countries and territories: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease study 2017. The Lancet 392(10159): 2091–2138.

Weblink:
Download reference:

Makinde, O. A., Odimegwu, C. O., Udoh, M. O., Adedini, S. A., Akinyemi, J. O., Atobatele, A., Fadeyibi, O., Sule, F. A., Babalola, S., and Orobaton, N. (2020). Death registration in Nigeria: A systematic literature review of its performance and challenges. Global Health Action 13(1): 1811476.

Weblink:
Download reference:

Mauritania National Agency for Statistics and Demographic and Economic Analysis (2016–2019). 2020 statistical yearbook. Nouakchott: National Agency for Statistics and Demographic and Economic Analysis.

Mikkelsen, L., Phillips, D. E., AbouZahr, C., Setel, P. W., Savigny, Dd, Lozano, R., and Lopez, A. D. (2015). A global assessment of civil registration and vital statistics systems: Monitoring data quality and progress. The Lancet 386(10001): 1395–1406.

Weblink:
Download reference:

Morocco High Commission Planning (2023). Annuaire statistique du Maroc.

Mozambique National Institute of Statistics (2022). Estatisticas vitais 2019–2020. Maputo: National Institute of Statistics.

Myanmar Central Statistical Organization (2010–2022). Statistical yearbook 2020.

Namibia Statistics Agency (2020). Namibia vital statistics report – registered births, deaths and marriages for the period 2016–2017. Windhoek: Namibia Statistics Agency.

National Institute of Statistics and Economic and Demographic Studies (INSEED) (2019). Annuaire statistique du Togo (2014–2019).

Weblink:
Download reference:

National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (2021). Rwanda vital statistics report 2020.

National Statistics Bureau (2020). Vital statistics report Bhutan 2020. Thimphu: National Statistics Bureau, Royal Government of Bhutan.

Nepal Department of National ID and Civil Registration (2015–2019). Annual progress report (fiscal year 2076/77). Kathmandu: Nepal Department of National ID and Civil Registration.

Niger Ministry Health (2007–2022). Annuaire des statistiques sanitaires du Niger.

Weblink:
Download reference:

Nigerian National Bureau Statistics (2020). Demographic statistics bulletin 2020. Abuja: National Bureau of Statistics.

Pacific Community (2021). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on operations of national civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems 2020. Noumea: Pacific Community Statistics for Development Division.

Pacific Community and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) (2021). Civil registration and vital statistics in Vanuatu. Noumea: Pacific Community.

Rao, C., Mswia, R., and Setel, P. (2020). Estimating completeness of birth and death registration: Methods and options for estimating completeness of civil registration. New York: Civil Registration & Vital Statistics Program.

Republic of Palau Bureau of Budget and Planning (2002–2022). 2020 statistical yearbook.

Saikia, N., Kumar, K., and Das, B. (2023). Death registration coverage 2019–2021, India. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 101(2): 102–110.

Weblink:
Download reference:

Samoa Bureau Statistics (2011–2022). Annual statistical abstract.

Saudi Arabia Ministry of Health (2006). Statistical yearbook.

Sri Lanka Department of Census and Statistics (2009–2022). Statistical abstract 2020.

Statistics Botswana (2021). Vital statistics report 2019. Francistown: Crime, Civil and Vital Statistics Unit.

Stoneburner, R. and Greenwell, F. (2017). Zimbabwe mortality trends report 1996–2015. Haare: Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency.

Studies., Central African Republic Institute of Statistics and Economic and Social (2015). Annuaire statistique de la RCA 2017.

The Central Statistical Office of Saint Lucia (2015–2019). Live births and deaths for period 1990–2020.

Download reference:

The Gambia Directorate of Health Research (2021). Retrospective mortality survey in The Gambia: A rapid assessment of mortality trend and excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020/21. Banjul: The Gambia Directorate of Health Research.

Tonga Statistics Department, Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Health (2018). Tonga national vital statistics report 2013–2018. Nukuálofa: Tonga Statistics Department.

Trinidad and Tobago Central Statistical Office (2015–2018). Demographic profile: Trinidad and Tobago.

UNdata (2021). Deaths by month of death.

UNESCAP (2021). Civil registration and vital statistics 2015–2024 midterm reporting.

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Di- and vision (2020). The sustainable development goals report. New York: United Nations Statistics Division.

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, (2021). Demographic yearbook 2021, 72nd issue. New York: United Nations.

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, (2019). World population prospects 2019: Methodology of the United Nations population estimates and projection. New York: United Nations.

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, (2022). World population prospects 2022: Methodology of the United Nations population estimates and projection. New York: United Nations.

Weblink:
Download reference:

Vargas-Herrera, J., Ruiz, K.P., Nuñez, G.G., Ohno, J.M., Pérez-Lu, J.E., Huarcaya, W.V., Clapham, B., and Cortez-Escalante, J. (2018). Resultados preliminares del fortalecimiento del sistema informático nacional de defunciones. Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública 35(3): 505–514.

Weblink:
Download reference:

Vos, T., Lim, S. S., Abbafati, C., Abbas, K. M., Abbasi, M., and Abbasifard, M. (2020). Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories. The Lancet 396(10258): 1204–1222.

Weblink:
Download reference:

W.H.O (2021). Completeness of cause-of-death data (%).

W.H.O (2021). Global Health Estimates: Life expectancy and leading causes of death and disability.

W.H.O (2021). Score for health data technical package: Global report on health data systems and capacity, 2020. Geneva: World Health Organization.

W.H.O (2021). WHO mortality database. Data collection tools.

W.H.O (2017). World health statistics 2017: Monitoring health for the SDGs, Sustainable Development Goals. Geneva: World Health Organization.

Zambia Statistics Agency (2016). Social statistics.

Weblink:
Download reference:

Zeng, X., Adair, T., Wang, L., Yin, P., Qi, J., Liu, Y., Liu, J., Lopez, A. D., and Zhou, M. (2020). Measuring the completeness of death registration in 2844 Chinese counties in 2018. BMC Medicine 18(176).

Weblink:
Download reference:

Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (2023). Vital statistics report volume 1 based on 2022 population and housing census. Harare.

Back to the article