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1 The uses of vital statistics in the work of the United Nations Population Division
Cheryl Chriss Sawyer Population Affairs Officer, Mortality Section Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs United Nations Expert Group Meeting on International Standards for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems 27 – 30 June 2011, New York

2 The work of the Population Division
Monitoring and analysis of population structure and dynamics Fertility Mortality Migration World Population Prospects Population and development Monitoring of population policies Source: United Nations Population Division/DESA

3 Fertility Data Sources Births by age of mother
Female population by age Sources Civil registration Survey – birth history or recent births Census – recent births Age-specific fertility Total fertility Source: United Nations Population Division/DESA

4 Fertility – Population Division
Monitoring World Fertility Report Adolescent fertility for MDG5 Estimation and projection Number of births Total fertility Mean age at childbearing Mean age at first birth Percentage of extra-marital births Number of marriages Mean age at first marriage Number of divorces Source: United Nations Population Division/DESA

5 Total fertility – Kenya
Source: United Nations Population Division/DESA

6 Adolescent fertility – Albania
Source: United Nations Population Division/DESA

7 Mortality Data Common indicators Deaths by age and sex
Population by age and sex Births by sex Common indicators Life expectancy at birth Under-five and infant mortality Adult mortality Age-specific mortality, life tables, survival ratios Source: United Nations Population Division/DESA

8 Sources of data Civil registration Survey or census:
Full birth history Summary birth history (children ever born and children surviving) Deaths in the household Sibling history Source: United Nations Population Division/DESA

9 Data collection for mortality estimation since 2000
a Countries with 100,000 or more population in 2010. b CEB/CS: Children ever born/children surviving. Refers to countries that collected summary birth history data in a census or in a survey that did not include a full birth history. Source: Tabulations based on United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2010). World Mortality Report 2009 (CD-ROM Edition, POP/DB/WMR/Rev.2009/2).

10 Percentage of population covered by death registration data reported to the United Nations
Source: Based on United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2010). World Mortality Report 2009 (CD-ROM Edition, POP/DB/WMR/Rev.2009/2/F1-1). Countries are included if data for at least one year in the decade was available in the databases of UNSD or WHO

11 Under-five mortality – Azerbaijan
Source: CME Info Database,

12 Conclusions Accurate vital statistics are critically important to the work of the Population Division Regular reporting of registration data is strongly encouraged Different data collection processes are complementary Source: United Nations Population Division/DESA

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