third regional workshop on production and use of vital statistics

26-30 may 2014

Daejeon-Korea

Country report

Mohammad Karimi (Iran-CRO)

Elham Fathi (Iran-NSO)

Third Regional Workshop on Production and Use of Vital Statistics

IRAN

IS vital statistics produced from civil

registration? yes

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Universal coverage?YES Is continuous? YES Confidentiality?

Legally :For the CRO internal users : all have signed an

NDA (non_disclosure agreement)Just legally authorized bodies can access to the

Relevant information.(relevant information definition depend on the mission of the requester body)  

Does the vital statistics system ensures

Technically :The Data is not accessible over the internetIn the Intranet there are many security

levels which guarantees the confidentiality And also there are some access list which enables

the authorized internal users to access the Relevant data according to their job.

In the VS production phase the individual information (i.e name,family name,person_nin are intentionally omitted.

Does the vital statistics system ensures

Regular dissemination?

VS are disseminated in form of bulletin،monthly،quarterly and yearbook

In these forms: Printed,CDs,website Every body can access the

disseminated VS.

Does the vital statistics system ensures

What is the role of health institutions in the system? One of important partnership in birth and death declaration and also in death causes .their another role is HIS and HMN .

Is there a body coordinating between statistics, civil registration, health and other institutions?

There are some collaboration between All involved organizations but there is no body to coordinate the activities.

Live Birth :yes Death : yes Foetal death : yes Marriage : yes Divorce: yes

Do the definitions of vital events in the vital statistics system comply with international standards?

does list of topics in the vital statistics system comply with internationally recommended core topics?

Live birth:

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TOPIC_NAME

Duration Of Residence In Usual Place

Children Born In Wedlock

Foetal death during the entire life of a womanInterval since last previous live birth/date of last previous live birth

Marital status (mother and father)

Educational attainment (mother and father)Type of birth (child)

Attendance at birth

does list of topics in the vital statistics system comply with internationally recommended core topics?

Death :

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TOPIC_NAME

Place Of Usual Residence(+ mother child<1y)

Marital status

Foetal death (if the event is informed to cro)

does list of topics in the vital statistics system comply with internationally recommended core topics?

TOPIC_NAMEDate Of OccurrencePlace Of Occurrence And RegistrationLocalityPlace Of Usual Residence (mother ,father)Age And Date Of Birth(mother,father)Children Born Alive to the mother during her entire life

Foetal death during the entire life of a womanBirth orderInterval since last previous live birth/date of last previous live birthDuration of marriage/date ofmarriage(mother)

does list of topics in the vital statistics system comply with internationally recommended core topics?

Marriage: (for divorce and marriage most of the time The place pf occurrence and registration are

the same)

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TOPIC_NAME

Date Of Occurrence

Place Of Occurrence

Locality

Divorce :

does list of topics in the vital statistics system comply with internationally recommended core topics?

TOPIC_NAME

Place Of Occurrence

Locality

The process assessment was done by RA.

The content is done by: Direct methods: Post enumeration survey

dual records

Indirect methods:Census survival ratioSex ratioWippel’s indexMyer’s indexJoint score indexbachi’s index

What is the coverage of civil registration?

Increase the coverage of CR better coordination Decrease the time between occurrence and registration Increase accuracy of data On time dissemination Much more alignment with the international

recommendations using new technologies as enablers Studying Register_based census (if possible for 2016

census) Increasing the awarness about the importance of VS in

national governance

Elaborate on possible strategies to align the vital statistics system in your country with

international standards?

Thank you

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