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Learn about birth and death registration data in NSW, storage practices, disaster recovery plans, and key challenges in CRVS system planning for disasters.
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NSW AustraliaAmanda Ianna PCRN MEETING 2017 – CRVS for Disasters
Overview • Birth Registration is estimated to be: 94.4% complete – within 1 year of birth [adjust timeframe if needed] • 99% of the total population is estimated to have had their birth registered – meaning 80,000 people are not registered • Birth certificates are purchased by the family at birth for a cost of $56 • Death Registration is estimated to be: 100% complete – within 1 year of death • Cause of death from a medical certificate is provided for 80% of all deaths, the remaining 20% are supplied by the coroner.
DATA storage and Protection • On this slide briefly describe • NSW store all records from 1788 to the present on LifeLink in both digital format and images for some records • All our records are electronic with the exception of some from 1788 to 1856 • The NSW Register is held in the government Data Centre, with mirrored drives for redundancies, and we have a disaster recovery plan in place. • Real time
Major challenges FOR CRVS (pre and post Disaster) • Pick 2 key challenges that you have identified as priorities in your system planning – i.e. legislation updates, need to improve data sharing, access to registration. • NSW has had DR plans for many years and fortunately we have not had to call on them since the implementation of LifeLink • We have a direct feed from Health daily on Births, and Funeral Directors notify the registration of death using LifeLink and Medical Certificates are available from Medical Practitioners and hospitals.
disaster scale up • Interestingly enough NSW does not have a plan for this.