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Vital Statistics
Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka
Vital Statistics
Information collected
Information collected
High Priority Vital Statistics Information
Are the UN recommended high priority statistical topics collected at birth registration?
Partially
Recommended Practice based on International Guidelines
The UN recommends that the following (high priority) statistical topics be collected at birth include:
Date and place of occurrence of birth
Date and place of registration
Attendant at birth
Type of birth (single, twin, triplet, etc)
Sex
Weight of the newborn
Date of birth of mother/father
Marital status of mother
Educational attainment of mother/father
Place of usual residence of mother/father Duration of residence in usual place of mother
Place/country of birth of mother
Children born alive to mother during her entire lifetime
Only place of occurrence of birth, sex of child, place of usual residence of mother, is captured for vital statistics compilation at birth registration. Amongst high priority statistical topics, the following information is not collected at birth registration: attendant at birth, weight of newborn, date of birth of mother, marital status of mother, educational attainment of mother.
Are the UN recommended high priority statistical topics collected for stillbirths (either through civil registration or the Ministry of Health)?
Partially
Recommended Practice based on International Guidelines
The UN recommends that the following (high priority) statistical topics be collected for stillbirths:
Date and place of registration (if applicable)
Date and place of occurrence
Sex of fetus
Characteristics of the mother (date of birth, children born alive to mother / fetal deaths to mother during lifetime, date of last live birth, place of usual residence, date of marriage)
Characteristics of father (date of birth and usual residence)
Marital status
WHO recommends that weeks of gestation and cause of death also be collected.
The information collected for stillbirths includes: Date of occurence, sex, mother's age, weeks of gestation. High priority statistical information that is not collected includes: place of occurence, marital status, date of birth of father, place of usual residence of mother/father, children born alive to mother/fetal deaths to mother during her lifetime, date of last previous live birth, date of marriage.
