United Nations Expert Group Meeting on International Standards for Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems

27 - 30 June 2011, New York
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs - Statistics Division, DESA

 

List of documents

DOCUMENTATION FOR THE EXPERT GROUP MEETING

  ESA/STAT/AC.233/L.1 Organization of work
 
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  ESA/STAT/AC.233/L.2 List of participants
 
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  ESA/STAT/AC.233/L.3 List of documents
 
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  ESA/STAT/AC.233/L.4 Opening Statement
 
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  ESA/STAT/AC.233/L.5 Conclusions and Recommendations
 
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  ESA/STAT/AC.233/L.6 Final Report
 
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  PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS    
  1-1. Reviewing international standards on civil registration and vital statistics – overall discussion on the needs for revision and on the proposed table of contents
  ESA/STAT/AC.233/1 Revising Current International Standards on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics: Proposed Outline, United Nations Statistics Division  

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    Proposed outline for the Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Rev. 3  
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    Discussion - Ghana and India (see Final report)          
  1-2. Definition and use of vital statistics
       
  ESA/STAT/AC.233/2 Proposals for Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Rev. 3 - Chapter I: Definition and Uses of Vital Statistics, United Nations Statistics Division  

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  ESA/STAT/AC.233/23

The uses of vital statistics in the work of the United Nations Population Division, United Nations Population Division

 

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    Discussion - Jamaica and PAHO (see Final report)          
  1-3. The vital statistics system
       
  ESA/STAT/AC.233/3 Proposals for Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Rev. 3 - Chapter II: the Vital Statistics System, United Nations Statistics Division  

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    Discussion - Thailand  
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    Discussion - United Kingdom (see Final report)          
  1-4. Sources of vital statistics
       
  ESA/STAT/AC.233/4 Sources of Vital Statistics in Ethiopia, Ethiopia  

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  ESA/STAT/AC.233/5 Sources of Vital Statistics, Mexico  

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    Discussion - WHO  
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1-5. Civil registration system

         
  ESA/STAT/AC.233/6 The Civil Registration System in Ghana, Ghana  
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  ESA/STAT/AC.233/7 Civil Registration System, African Development Bank and ECA  

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    Discussion - Australia (see Final report)          
 

1-6. Population register as source of vital statistics

       
  ESA/STAT/AC.233/9 The Population Register as a source of Vital Statistics, United Kingdom  

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    Discussion - Germany (see Final report)          
    Discussion - AfDB and ECA  
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1-7. Use of health services records for vital statistics

       
  ESA/STAT/AC.233/10 Using health care service administrative data to improve national vital statistics: Thailand experiences, Thailand  

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  ESA/STAT/AC.233/11 The Contribution of the Health Sector to Civil Registration and Vital statistics Systems: Uses of Records from Health Services, WHO  

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    Discussion - United States (see Final report)          
 

1-8. Other administrative records for vital statistics

       
  ESA/STAT/AC.233/12 Other Administrative Records for Vital Statistics - the Indian Experience, India  

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  ESA/STAT/AC.233/13 Other Administrative Records for Vital Statistics - The Jamaican Experience, Jamaica  

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    Discussion - Oman and ESCAP (see Final report)          
 

1-9. Population censuses and sample surveys

       
  ESA/STAT/AC.233/14 Population Censuses and Surveys, Hungary  

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  ESA/STAT/AC.233/8 Because Everyone Counts, everyone should be counted—Elusive Population, Gender-based Violence, and Maternal Death, “Counting those who should be counted”, Oman  
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  ESA/STAT/AC.233/15 Use of population censuses and household sample surveys for vital statistics in South Africa, South Africa  

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    Discussion - China  
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  1-10. Strategies for improving civil registration and vital statistics systems
       
  ESA/STAT/AC.233/16

Strategies for Improving Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: The Canadian Experience, Canada

 

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  ESA/STAT/AC.233/17 Strategies for Improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa  

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    Discussion - Australia  
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    Discussion - Ethiopia (see Final report)          
 

1-11. Computerization

       
  ESA/STAT/AC.233/18 How Can Vital Statistics Remain Vital for Measuring Health Status in the U.S.?, United States

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    Discussion - Canada, Ethiopia and ECA (see Final report)          
  1-12. Evaluating the quality of civil registration information and register-based vital statistics          
  ESA/STAT/AC.233/19 Evaluating the quality of vital statistics: paper for discussion, Australia  

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  ESA/STAT/AC.233/20 The Vital Statistics System in China, China  

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    Discussion - United Nations Statistics Division  
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2. Round table discussion – international and regional initiatives

         
    ESCAP  
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    Discussions by ECA, Eurostat, PAHO, WHO, AfDB (see Final report)          
 

3. Improving the collection and dissemination of vital statistics at international level

       
  ESA/STAT/AC.233/21 Collection, compilation and dissemination of official vital statistics at the international level, United Nations Statistics Division  
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    Completeness of civil registration data Excel  
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    Discussion - Hungary (see Final report)          
    Discussion - Pan American Health Organization  
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4. Conclusions and recommendations; adoption of the outline for the Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Rev. 3

 
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BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS:
  Principles and and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Rev.2  
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  Concept Note to the Revision of the Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Rev.2  
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  A summary of the responses from national statistical offices and international and regional organizations to the UNSD’s proposal to revise the Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics, Rev. 2  
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  United Nations Questionnaire on Vital Statistics  
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  Towards a Regional Programme for the Improvement of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific  
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