United Nations Statistics Division - Demographic and Social Statistics

Mortality

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The United Nations Statistics Division issues standards and methods approved by the Statistical Commission to assist national statistical authorities and other producers of statistics in the collection, compilation and dissemination of data.

Basic concepts and their definitions: features definitions of death and infant death; as well as items that can be collected in a population census. These concepts and definitions were approved by the Statistical Commission. United Nations Principles and Recommendations:
-	Principles and Recommendations for Vital Statistics Systems, Revision 2 (2001)
-	Principles and Recommendations for Population and Housing Censuses, Revision 2 (2008)
Cause of death specific guildelines:
-	International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, (ICD-10) Custodian: WHO
Handbooks, Guidelines and Training Manuals:
-	Handbook on Training in Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems (2002)
-	Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Computerization (1998)
-	Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System: Developing Information, Education and Communication (1998)
-	Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Management, Operation and Maintenance (1998)
-	Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System: Policies and Protocols for the Release and Archiving of Individual Records (1998)
-	Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Preparation of a Legal Framework (1998)
-	Handbook on the Collection of Fertility and Mortality Data (2003)
-	Methods for Estimating Adult Mortality (2002)
-	Manual X Indirect Techniques for Demographic Estimation (1983)

United Nations Statistics Division - Demographic and Social Statistics