REGISTRATION THE FOUNDATION OF VITAL STATISTICS

Reengineering Vital Registration and Statistics Systems

In his timely essay, " Reengineering Vital Registration and Statistics Systems for the United States, " Charles J. Rothwell raises important issues about the registration of vital events in the United States (1). There is no question about the value of taking advantage of electronic technology to improve the quality and increase the utility of the registration system. The partnership mentioned ...

Reengineering Vital Registration and Statistics Systems for the United States

For more than a hundred years, the United States has operated a decentralized vital statistics system as an essential component of public health. Statistics based on births and deaths registered in the United States are a primary source of data used to track health status, to plan, implement, and evaluate health and social services, and to set health policy. The national vital statistics system...

Reengineering Vital Registration and Statistics Systems [Response to Letter]

Dr Nasseri has registered valid concerns (1) about reengineering vital registration and statistics systems for the United States (2), many of which I share. Certainly the move to state-of-the-art information technology will not be the only key to rejuvenating the vital statistics system. We must not miss this opportunity to improve both the quality and the content of the information provided by...

Civil registration systems and vital statistics: successes and missed opportunities.

Vital statistics generated through civil registration systems are the major source of continuous monitoring of births and deaths over time. The usefulness of vital statistics depends on their quality. In the second paper in this Series we propose a comprehensive and practical framework for assessment of the quality of vital statistics. With use of routine reports to the UN and cause-of-death da...

The Elements of Vital Statistics