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Other Administrative Records for Vital Statistics – the Indian Experience

Other Administrative Records for Vital Statistics – the Indian Experience. By T V RAMAN Deputy Director General Central Statistics Office Ministry of Statistics & Program Implementation Government of India. Introduction & Background. Primary sources for Vital Statistics:

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Other Administrative Records for Vital Statistics – the Indian Experience

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  1. Other Administrative Records for Vital Statistics – the Indian Experience By T V RAMAN Deputy Director General Central Statistics Office Ministry of Statistics & Program Implementation Government of India

  2. Introduction & Background • Primary sources for Vital Statistics: • Civil Registration System (CRS) • Demographic Sample Surveys • Sample Registration System (SRS) • Medical Certification of Cause of Death (MCCD), an integral part of CRS • Office of the Registrar General, India (ORGI)- responsible for unification & coordination of Civil Registration activities • Primary uses of Vital Statistics in India

  3. Introduction & Background(Contd.) • RBD Act, 1969 – performance; registration & infrastructural bottlenecks • Remedial Measures taken/proposed • SRS – a snapshot view • Limitations in utilisation of administrative records for vital statistics in India

  4. Civil Registration System (CRS) • Definition • Objectives of CRS in India • Two fold objectives • Providing identity to a child • Registration- an essential public utility service provided by the Government • Generation of Demographic data by CRS • Tools for local level monitoring, population growth & effects of policy interventions

  5. RBD Act 1969 • Enactment • Unifying & Coordinating role of ORGI • Chief Registrars of Births & Deaths • Salient Features of the Act

  6. RBD Act 1969 (Contd.) • Statistical Reporting System • Annual Reports at National level • Determination of Implementation Performance of States • Level of reporting from Regn.Centres • Level of Regn. (LOR) • Statistical Reports • Causes of Low Regn. • Measures taken to improve CRS

  7. Medical Certification of Cause of Death (MCCD) • Importance for Public Health Planners • Forms prescribed for Reporting by Hospitals & Individuals • Current levels of implementation of international recommendations in India • Classification of Causes of Deaths, according to International Classification of Diseases (ICD) • Review of Status & Functioning of MCCD in States/U Ts and improvement measures

  8. Sample Registration System (SRS) • Genesis of SRS in India • Objectives of SRS • Dual Record System • Structure of SRS • Baseline Survey • Continuous Enumeration • Half Yearly Survey • Matching

  9. Sample Registration System (contd.) • Field Verification of unmatched & partially matched events • Information collected in SRS • Baseline Survey Forms • Continuous Enumeration Forms • Half Yearly Survey Forms • Compilation/Tabulation Forms • Processing of Forms

  10. Thank You

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