1. CONTRIBUTION OF CRVS IN STRENTHENING POPULATION AND SOCIAL STATISTICSBY
HELEN NAMIREMBE NVIIRI - UBOS
AFRICA STATISTICS WEEK: 15TH NOV 2017
IMPERIAL ROYALE HOTEL, KAMPALA
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High level National Data Forum
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Content
Introduction
Registration forms
Indicators from CRVS
Improving population and social statistics
Conclusion
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Introduction
What is CRVS?
Civil registration is the way by which countries keep a continuous and complete record of births, deaths and the marital status of their people.
For statistical purposes, CRVS includes
Live births
Deaths
Foetal deaths
Marriage
Divorce
Annulments, Separation
Adoption
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High level National Data Forum
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4. Registration Forms (for vital events)
Mandatory fields
Schedule 3 - ROPA Schedule
Schedule – Marriage act
Birth Registration Form
Form 3: Notice of Birth of a Child
Death registration Form
HMIS Form 100: Medical certificate for cause of death
Form 11: Application to Register Presumed Death
Form 12: Notification of Death
Form 13: Certificate of Cause of Death
Form 15: Application for a Certified Copy of Entry in the Register of Birth and Death
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High level National Data Forum
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5. Uses of vital statistics – to strengthen Pop. and Social Stat data
Birth registration
Total Fertility Rate, parity, total births, teenage child bearing
Immunisable population (below 1 year, below 5 years)
Death registration
Mortality, adult and childhood mortality, cause of death, leading causes of death (immediate and underlying)
Foetal mortality – linked to pregnancy monitoring – MCH indicators
Maternal mortality rates
Life expectancy
Indicators on birth and death, can be analysed by other socio economic variables – region/District, place of occurrence, tribe, age, etc
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High level National Data Forum
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6. Uses of vital statistics – to strengthen Pop. and Social Stat data
Marriages and divorces
Statistics on marriage and divorces are important – analysis of the level of family formation, as a behavioural determinant in socio economic surveys,
Legal perspective – certificates of marriages and divorces have implications for inheritance, child maintenance, etc
Marriage, age at marriage, age at first marriage, early marriages, re- marriages, Divorce, Separation rates – analysis by other socio economic variables
Statistics will help us get answers on the following;
Is the marriage/divorce rate increasing or decreasing?
Are the number of children from divorced couples increasing or decreasing?
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7. Uses of vital statistics – to strengthen Pop. and Social Stat data
Population projections:
Statistics on births and deaths are essential for generating national and subnational population projections. The input variables derived from the vital events include Fertility, Mortality and Life expectancy at birth.
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8. Uses of vital statistics – to strengthen Pop. and Social Stat data
Other uses
Data can be linked with other existing programmes
HMIS - health monitoring: growth monitoring, early detection of birth defects/disabilities among children
Maternal and child health (for both mother and child)
EMIS – linkage with indicators on school enrolment
Programmes for Vulnerable persons.
Linking the NIN to all Vital events and other sector databases
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CONCLUSION
We need joint collaboration with All CRVS key actors to have an effective CRVS system that will strengthen the population and Social statistics data at all planning levels.
It is recommended that all these efforts are included in the ongoing review of the Sector Strategic Plan for Statistics
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8/23/2018
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14th -17th November 2017