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Vital Statistics
Papua New Guinea
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Papua New Guinea
Vital Statistics
Compilation and Publication
Compilation and Publication
Geographical Coverage
Are vital statistics produced for the entire country?
Unclear
Recommended Practice based on International Guidelines
Vital statistics should be compiled for the total geographical area of the country, for each major and minor civil division, and each principal town and city. Vital statistics should distinguish between urban and rural settings
at least for the country as a whole and for each major or other civil division.
One of the functions of the National Statistics Office is “generally promoting and developing integrated social and economic statistics for the State”. The National Statistician has sole responsibility for deciding on the procedures and methods employed or to be employed in the provision of any statistics produced by the National Statistical Office and the extent, form and timing of the publication of those statistics.
No further details are contained in the Statistical Services Act or the Civil and Identity Registration Act about the production of vital statistics, and no vital statistics publication for Papua New Guinea could be located.
Recommended Practice based on International Guidelines
National vital statistics should be compiled uniformly for the country, using common definitions, classifications, coding, querying, data entry and editing procedures. Where they are compiled subnationally there should be uniform standards set.
One of the functions of the National Statistics Office is “generally promoting and developing integrated social and economic statistics for the State”. The National Statistician has sole responsibility for deciding on the procedures and methods employed or to be employed in the provision of any statistics produced by the National Statistical Office and the extent, form and timing of the publication of those statistics.
No further details are contained in the Statistical Services Act or the Civil and Identity Registration Act about the production of vital statistics.
Does the law require publication of vital statistics on a regular and timely basis?
No
Recommended Practice based on International Guidelines
Annual publication of vital statistics reports offer government agencies and other users a dependable source of vital statistics data. The law should therefore mandate that the statistics agency prepare and disseminate vital statistics reports and data at least annually.
