Workshop on the Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Revision 3 for Caribbean countries
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 1- 4 December 2015
Session 11. UNSD collection of vital statistics
Workshop on the Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Revision 3 for Caribbean countries
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 1- 4 December 2015
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) both in print and electronic
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm
Workshop on the Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Revision 3 for Caribbean countries
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 1- 4 December 2015
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
Workshop on the Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Revision 3 for Caribbean countries
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 1- 4 December 2015
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
3. Fertility rates
5. Deaths
6. Infant deaths (deaths under 1 year of age)
8. Legally induced abortions
Workshop on the Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Revision 3 for Caribbean countries
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 1- 4 December 2015
Vital statistics questionnaire
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1. VS summary by urban/rural residence
Workshop on the Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Revision 3 for Caribbean countries
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 1- 4 December 2015
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
Workshop on the Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Revision 3 for Caribbean countries
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How complete are the data sent from countries?
Workshop on the Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Revision 3 for Caribbean countries
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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
Workshop on the Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Revision 3 for Caribbean countries
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 1- 4 December 2015
VS tables provided in the last five years
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4
21
1 3 26
23
1 15
22
005
101520253035404550
Number
0102030405060708090
100
Percentage
Workshop on the Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Revision 3 for Caribbean countries
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 1- 4 December 2015
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
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas BarbadosDominica GrenadaJamaica Montserrat Saint LuciaSt. Kitts and NevisSt. Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Workshop on the Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Revision 3 for Caribbean countries
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 1- 4 December 2015
A look at specific tables, last 5 years
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Table G01 – Deaths by sex and urban/rural residence2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas BarbadosDominica Grenada Jamaica Montserrat Saint LuciaSt. Kitts and NevisSt. Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Workshop on the Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Revision 3 for Caribbean countries
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 1- 4 December 2015
A look at specific tables, last 5 years
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Table H01 – Infant deaths by sex and urban/rural residence2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas BarbadosDominicaGrenadaJamaicaMontserrat Saint LuciaSt. Kitts and NevisSt. Vincent and the GrenadinesSuriname
Trinidad and Tobago
Workshop on the Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Revision 3 for Caribbean countries
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What is the quality of data sent from countries?
Workshop on the Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Revision 3 for Caribbean countries
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 1- 4 December 2015
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
Workshop on the Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Revision 3 for Caribbean countries
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 1- 4 December 2015
Availability and quality of VS
North America, number of countries/areas reporting total births
North America, number of countries/areas reporting total deaths29 29 27 24
5 66
5
7 6 812
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
1995‐1999 2000‐2004 2005‐2009 2010‐2014
Complete Incomplete No data
29 29 2823
5 7 6
5
7 5 713
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
1995-1999 2000-2004 2005-2009 2010-2014
Complete Incomplete No data
Workshop on the Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Revision 3 for Caribbean countries
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 1- 4 December 2015
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
Workshop on the Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Revision 3 for Caribbean countries
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 1- 4 December 2015
Gracias Merci ًشكرا
Thank You Спасибо谢谢
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