1. Coverage and Completeness
Brisbane Accord Group
Coverage and Completeness
Statistics for Development Division, SPC

2. COVERAGE The population served by the system
Geographical – national vs main islands only
Specific populations – foreigners, off-island events

3. CONTENT COMPLETENESS
How complete and reliable (by variable) is the unit record data you have to work with (for the population covered)
- missing variables:
sex
age
dates

4. COMPLETENESS
What is the proportion of events in the population covered that are recorded.
Note – assessing completeness at a national level assumes national coverage –that all events in the country should be recorded .

5. Observed vs Expected events

6. CALCULATING COMPLETENESS
Where do we find data on what is expected?

7. Observed vs Expected events

8. Adjusting your data
Consider what disaggregation is needed based on your coverage and consistency
Calculate coverage
For your data set (for analysis)
For your registration data
How complete is your data?
Use as is ?
Adjust up? (can you correct for under-reporting)
Proportional data analysis only (not representative)