scholarly journals Enhancing vital registration system in Nigeria: prospects and challenges

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Haruna Halilu PAI
Keyword(s):  
Vital Registration ◽  
Registration System ◽  
Vital Registration System

Development of definitions of suicidal behaviours

2021 ◽  
pp. 87-92
Author(s):  
José M. Bertolote ◽  
Danuta Wasserman
Keyword(s):  
Cause Of Death ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
Suicide Mortality ◽  
Sociocultural Factors ◽  
Vital Registration ◽  
Quality Of Information ◽  
Registration System ◽  
Vital Registration System ◽  
Over Time

This chapter covers definitions of suicidal behaviours and how they vary over time, reflecting predominant philosophies and schools of thought. The limitations in the quality of information about suicide mortality, as a common feature affecting the whole vital registration system, are discussed. The smaller the coverage a country receives, the greater the probability of distortions, which adds to any previous distortions already flawing the data. It should be strongly emphasized that these shortcomings affect the system as a whole, and hence all causes of death. However, suicidologists seem to be much more punctilious about under-reporting of suicide, and the essential unreliability of this information, than experts dealing with mortality from other causes. Coordinated efforts should be made to strengthen those systems, paying attention to the specificity of sociocultural factors’ influence on defining, recording, and reporting suicide as a cause of death.

In Reply: International Statistics—Incomparable

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 92 (4) ◽  
pp. 637-637
Author(s):  
EMBRY M. HOWELL ◽  
PAUL VERT
Keyword(s):  
Vital Statistics ◽  
Vital Registration ◽  
Health Ministry ◽  
Registration System ◽  
Vital Registration System

Dr Sepkowitz makes several correct points about the French vital registration system that leads to incomparability with Michigan vital statistics. • Definitions of fetal deaths are dissimilar. The French registration system ignores fetal deaths at less than 28 weeks gestation. • In France, it is the responsibility of parents to register births. • France has had a unique category of "deaths before registration." However, he is incorrect in suggesting that these differences affected the results reported in our article. It is precisely for these reasons that we did not use data from the French vital registration system. Instead we used data that were carefully collected during a 1-year period in Lorraine's hospitals under the direction of the French Health Ministry that directly controls French hospitals.

scholarly journals Limitations of Vital Registration System in Pakistan against Sample Population Estimation Project: A Case Study of Rawalpindi

1974 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 325-334
Author(s):  
Mohammad Afzal ◽  
Tauheed Azhar
Keyword(s):  
Population Size ◽  
Sample Population ◽  
Vital Rates ◽  
Vital Registration ◽  
Registration System ◽  
Population Planning ◽  
Vital Registration System ◽  
Death Data ◽  
Health Programmes

The study of population dynamics in a country is based primarily on the knowledge of the rates of occurrence of two natural vital events of births and deaths in relation to the population size. A continuous appraisal of population necessitates availability of reliable birth and death data for understanding the factors influencing population growth and also for making projections for future on the basis of the prevalent and anticipated vital rates for use in drawing up future social and economic plans in accordance with the realistic requirements of the population. Measurements of fertility, mortality and population size are also required in planning and evaluation of health programmes and in assessing effectiveness of the population planning programme.

Tropical Epidemiology: A System for Continuous Demographic Monitoring of a Study Population

1989 ◽  
Vol 28 (03) ◽  
pp. 155-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Stephens ◽  
P. L. Alonso ◽  
P. Byass ◽  
R. W. Snow
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Database Management System ◽  
Vital Registration ◽  
Epidemiological Research ◽  
Registration System ◽  
Vital Registration System ◽  
Epidemiological Tool ◽  
Study Population ◽  
On Line ◽  
Three Stages

Abstract:Epidemiologists in many developing countries, where official demographic services are unavailable, have to include some demographic functions in their work. The usual method of documenting a study population for epidemiological research in a developing country consists of three stages: mapping, enumeration and vital registration. This paper considers the last element of this process, detailing the development of a suitable data system and explaining how its implementation using microcomputers and a database management system can help in the creation of an on-line continuous vital registration system for a study population as an epidemiological tool. The issues covered are data collection, entry and analysis, and the advantages of such a system for use in epidemiological research in developing countries are also discussed.

Trends in Diabetes Mortality by Gender in Urban and Rural Areas in China From 2003 to 2012: An Age-Period-Cohort Analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 238-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuanyuan Li ◽  
Changgui Kou ◽  
Wei Bai ◽  
Wanqing Hua ◽  
Weiying Yu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Cohort Analysis ◽  
Spline Functions ◽  
Vital Registration ◽  
Joinpoint Regression ◽  
Registration System ◽  
Diabetes Mortality ◽  
Joinpoint Regression Analysis ◽  
Vital Registration System ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas

We aimed to provide updated estimates for the trends and the effects attributable to age, period, and cohort by gender in urban and rural areas in China. The data were based on the vital registration system in China from 2003 to 2012. The annual percentage change used Joinpoint Regression Analysis. Spline functions were fitted to the age-period-cohort analysis. The average age-adjusted diabetes mortality rate was higher in women than in men, and it was higher in urban than in rural residents among both genders. The trend analysis of diabetes showed a favorable pattern among urban residents in both genders. Mortality increased with age, and compared with period and cohort effects, age effects were the most important risk factor in diabetes mortality. Although the overall trends in diabetes mortality decelerated, aging and rural-urban differences could still be driving the epidemic underlining a continued need for the priorities for health care programs to focus on predictors in diabetes mortality.

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