Vital statistics
VITAL STATISTICS
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Introduction
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These are the numerical records of Vital events such as
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Birth
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Death
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Marriage
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Divorce
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These records helps to study the health &
growth of a community
Significance
of Vital Statistics
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Community health
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To describe the health level of a community
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To diagnose the illness in a community
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To discover the solution for health problems
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Administrative purpose
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Give clues to choose the best administrative
action
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Helps to create administrative standards of
health activities
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Health programmed organization
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Determine the success or failure of a health
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Undertake overall evaluation of public health
work
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Legislation purpose
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To promote health legislation at
§ Local level
§ State level
§ National level
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Government purpose
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To develop policies & procedures at state
& central level.
Uses
of Vital Statistics
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To calculate the impact of various national
health
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To plan for better future measures for any
disease control
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To explain the hereditary nature of a disease
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To plan the socioeconomic development
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Act as a primary tool in research activities
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To compare the health status of a nation with
other one
Recording
of Vital Statistics
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Civil Registration System
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It is performed under a Law & Regulation
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It provides legal basis to the records & certificates
made for a system
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It can be defined as the permanent &
compulsory recording of the occurrence of
§ Births & deaths
§ Fetal deaths
§ Judicial separation
§ Marriages
§ Adoptions
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National Sample Surveys
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It has been headed by the Director General of
health and lead by the NSSO
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It is mainly used to collect the data of
§ Land
§ Property ownership
§ Number of family members
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It has four major divisions
§ SDRD
§ FOD
§ DPD
§ SCD
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Sample Registration System
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Continuous enumeration of births & deaths
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Generally conducted in a sample of village or
urban block
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Conducted by a local resident on part time
basis
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After that an independent 6 month
retrospective survey by a full time supervisor
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Health Surveys
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NFHS (National Family
Health Surveys)
§ Estimate the fertility
§ Estimate the child mortality
§ Estimate health parameters
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DLHS (District Level
Household Surveys)
§ Give information on Child health indicators
§ Give information on Reproductive health problems
Important
Vital Statistics
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Crude death rate
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Age specific death rate
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Infant mortality rate
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Neonatal mortality rate
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Maternal mortality rate
Impact
of Vital Events on Demography
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The vital events have become an important resources
of demographic data
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A small change in the rate of vital event can
drastically effect out a demographic study
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Demographic study includes the study of a
population in a specific area, but if that specific area suffers with any vital
event with a higher rate such as
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Higher Migration
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High Birth rate
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High Death rate
Will result
in the change of size & structure of the demographic area that was under
the study
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