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Vital Statistics
Colombia
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Colombia
Vital Statistics
Information Collected
Information Collected
High Priority Vital Statistics Information
Are the UN recommended high priority statistical topics collected at birth registration?
Partially
Recommended Practice based on International Guidelines
The UN recommends that the following (high priority) statistical topics be collected at birth include:
Date and place of occurrence of birth
Date and place of registration
Attendant at birth
Type of birth (single, twin, triplet, etc)
Sex
Weight of the newborn
Date of birth of mother/father
Marital status of mother
Educational attainment of mother/father
Place of usual residence of mother/father Duration of residence in usual place of mother
Place/country of birth of mother
Children born alive to mother during her entire lifetime
Fetal deaths to mother during lifetime
Date of last previous live birth
Date of Marriage
The UN high-priority topics are collected partially. In Colombia, birth registration relies mainly on the medical birth certificate, whose required contents are set out in Decree 1171 of 1997, Article 5. Using the information in the medical birth certificate, Colombia collects many UN high-priority topics, including: date and place of birth, date and place of registration, attendant at birth, whether the birth was single or multiple (e.g., twins/triplets), sex, birth weight, mother’s and father’s date of birth, mother’s marital status, mother’s and father’s educational attainment, usual place of residence of the mother, place/country of birth of the mother, number of children previously born alive to the mother, and date of the last previous live birth. However, the system does not collect all UN high-priority topics at birth registration, including fetal deaths to the mother during her lifetime, duration of residence in the usual place of residence, and date of marriage.
Are the UN recommended high priority statistical topics collected at death registration?
Partially
Recommended Practice based on International Guidelines
The UN recommends that following (high priority) statistical topics be collected at death registration:
Date and Place of Registration
Date and Place of Occurrence
Attendant at birth (for death under 1 year of age) Cause of Death
Certifier
Date of birth
Sex
Marital Status
Place of Usual Residence
Place of usual residence of mother (for deaths under 1 year)
The UN high-priority topics are collected partially. In Colombia, death registration relies mainly on the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death (MCCD) and the civil registration record. Using these sources, Colombia collects the following UN high-priority topics: date and place of registration, date and place of occurrence of death, cause of death, certifier, date of birth, sex, and place of usual residence. However, two UN high-priority topics are not collected at death registration: marital status, and place of usual residence of the mother (for deaths under 1 year).
Are the UN recommended high priority statistical topics collected for stillbirths (either through civil registration or the Ministry of Health)?
Partially
Recommended Practice based on International Guidelines
The UN recommends that the following (high priority) statistical topics be collected for stillbirths:
Date and place of registration (if applicable)
Date and place of occurrence
Sex of fetus
Characteristics of the mother (DOB, children born alive to mother/fetal deaths to mother during lifetime, date of last live birth, place of usual residence, date of marriage)
Characteristics of father (DOB and usual residence)
Marital status
WHO recommends that weeks of gestation and cause of death also be collected.
The UN high-priority topics for stillbirths are collected partially. Colombia records stillbirths mainly through the Fetal Death Certificate / the fetal death section of the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death (DANE Form D-630). Law 9 of 1979 (Arts. 523–525) and Joint External Circular 0037 of 2015 require medical certification, so the system collects date and place of occurrence, sex of the fetus, gestational age (weeks), cause of death, and certifier, plus some parental information (e.g., mother’s date of birth and residence). However, it does not systematically collect all UN high-priority parental/maternal-history topics, including mother’s lifetime children born alive, mother’s lifetime fetal deaths, date of last live birth, father’s usual residence, and date of marriage; and date/place of civil registration is not consistently applicable because stillbirths are not generally registered as births.
