Introduction Improving quality and presentation of civil registration and vital statistics data The importance of data quality Coverage Completeness Timeliness of data Conclusion
Introduction Checking the accuracy of vital events records Common issues and challenges: microdata Common issues and challenges: aggregated data Examples of strategies to improve the quality of vital events records Safeguarding data and confidentiality Conclusions and key actions for improvement
Common issues and challenges of birth statistics Introduction Methods and tools to evaluate the quality of vital statistics Other direct methods to measure completeness of birth registration Methods to assess the completeness of birth registration Using fertility rates to assess birth data quality Approaches to measure the quality of reporting of birth characteristics Using tabulation and analysis to check the data Minimum characteristics to collect for mortality statistics Methods to measure death registration completeness Importance of age, sex and cause of death in mortality statistics Ill-defined causes of deaths Small number issues in mortality statistics Imputation of missing values Tools specifically to assess mortality data quality - ANACONDA Tools to assist in correctly identifying the underlying COD Classification of unusable ICD codes for mortality coding Conclusions and key actions
Introduction Tabulation and generation of vital statistics for national policy Principles for data tabulation Principles for reference period and place Minimal essential tabulations Robustness of data for publication Data limitations and transparency Electronic data management and generation Data management and capacities and skills of staff involved Principles for integrating different data sources Conclusions and key actions
Introduction Presentation of vital statistics Key consideration for developing data visualisations Visualisation of data Guidelines for good tables Guidelines for good charts Guidelines for good charts Bar charts Line charts Pie charts Scatter plots Map advice Users of vital statistics Defining the target audiences Getting the message across with words Communication channels Dissemination and accessibility A template for a national CRVS birth and death statistics report Conclusions and key actions Check your knowledge
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