CRVS strengthening in China (Shanghai)
The Shanghai municipality is comprised of 16 districts with a total population of 24 million 14 million of whom are permanent residents. The Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control (SCDC) surveillance system covers all 16 districts and is responsible for health data collection as well as the death and birth registry.
The Shanghai CDC system is fully computerised and electronically records vital events in real time. Overall, the system is efficient and functional; however, potential areas of data uncertainty include the high proportion of deaths that occur at home (~35%) for which cause of death accuracy has not been determined, and limited capacity in applying critical data quality assessments. Some vital events are also not reported, primarily for infant, elderly and ‘floating’ populations.
Videos on China's CRVS strengthening include:
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Assistant Professor Xin Ying Zeng, China CDC and Dr Hang Li, Technical Advisor, University of Melbourne (Creating accurate mortality information across China)
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Dr Chen Lei, Department of Vital Statistics, Shanghai Shanghai Municipal Center of Disease Control and Prevention, University of Melbourne Data for Health Initiative Fellow (Fellowship profile: Analysis of medical records review and verbal autopsy data in Shanghai)
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Dr Chen Jun, Department of Vital Statistics, Shanghai Putuo District Center for Disease Control and Prevention, University of Melbourne Data for Health Initiative Fellow (Fellowship profile: Analysis of the quality of cause of death data in Shanghai)
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Dr Jinlei Qi, Death Surveillance Vital Registration Chinese Center of Disease Control and Prevention, University of Melbourne Data for Health Initiative Fellow (Fellowship profile: SmartVA and ANACONDA improvement in China’s CRVS system)
- Dr Peng Yin, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing (Lessons learned from the Beijing verbal autopsy (VA) pilot)
