Estimating mortality using data from civil registration: a cross-sectional study in India

• Published in: Bulletin of the World Health Organization Vol. 94; no. 1; pp. 10 - 21
• Main Authors: Gupta, Mamta, Rao, Chalapati, Lakshmi, P V M, Prinja, Shankar, Kumar, Rajesh
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland World Health Organization 01.01.2016
• Subjects: Accuracy; Administrative law; Births; Cause of Death; Certification; Cross-Sectional Studies; Cross-sections; Data Accuracy; Data acquisition; Data analysis; Data collection; Data Collection - methods; Data Collection - standards; Data processing; Data quality; Death Certificates; Design; Estimates; Fatalities; Health facilities; Humans; India; India - epidemiology; Investigations; Life Expectancy; Life Tables; Mortality; Quality assessment; Questionnaires; Registration; Rural areas; Statistics; Studies; Systems design; Vital Statistics; India; India, Punjab

To analyse the design and operational status of India's civil registration and vital statistics system and facilitate the system's development into an accurate and reliable source of mortality data. We assessed the national civil registration and vital statistics system's legal framew...