Naciones Unidas (Nueva York)
Principles and recommendations for a vital statistics system [M]. -- rev. 2. -- Nueva York : United Nations, 2001. -- Principles and recommendations for a vital statistics system / Naciones Unidas (Nueva York); 19

Preface -- Introduction -- The importance of civil registration records and vital statistics -- Definition of a vital statistics system and sources of data -- Uses of vital statistics -- Uses of vital records from a civil registration system -- Strategic objective for civil registration and vital statistics systems -- The vital statistics system -- Sources of data for a vital statistics system -- Priority in methods of collection -- Recommended definitions of each vital event for statistical purpose -- Principles for the collection and compilation of vital statistics -- Designation of responsabilities and organizational structure of a national vital statistics system -- Integration and coordination in the vital statistics system -- Recommendations on topics to be investigated in a vital statistics systems and their definitions -- Principles for compiling and processing vital statistics based on a civil registration system -- Presentation of results and data dissemination -- The role of sampling in processing data for vital statistics -- The civil registration system as a source of vital statistics data -- Definition of civil registration, methods and system -- The fundamental role of the civil registration system -- Recommended vital events to be registered -- Characteristics of the civil registration methods -- The civil registration process -- Computerization of the civil registration system -- Civil registration and its linkages to the population register -- Recommended strategies for improving civil registration and vital statistics systems -- Training and other strategies for improving civil registration and vital statistics systems -- Public education, information and communication for effective civil registration and vital statistics systems -- Evaluation studies -- Use of information technology and automation -- Evaluating the quality of civil registration information and register-based vital statistics -- Evaluation completeness and accuracy of register-based vital statistics -- Completeness and accuracy of civil registration -- Choosing appropriate methods to assess completeness and qualitative accuracy -- Population censuses and survey as complementary sources of a vital statistics system -- Complementary sources of a vital statistics system -- Available information on vital events and rates -- Techniques for estimation of vital rates and ratios -- Annex: annual tabulation programme of vital statistics compiled from civil registration data: outlines of essential tables -- Glossary -- References
ISBN: 9211614392

1. ESTADÍSTICAS VITALES; 2. REGISTRO CIVIL; 3. REGISTROS DE POBLACIÓN; 4. CAUSAS DE MUERTE; 5. ACTAS DE DEFUNCIÓN; 6. ACTAS DE MATRIMONIO; 7. ACTAS DE NACIMIENTO; 8. DIVORCIO; 9. DISTRIBUCIÓN POR EDAD Y SEXO; 10. TABULACIÓN; 11. GLOSARIOS

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