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Vital Statistics
Papua New Guinea
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Papua New Guinea
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 regulations and forms in force as of January 2026 are contained in the Civil Registration Regulation 1967 issued under the Civil Registration Act 1963, which has been repealed by the Civil and Identity Registration Act 2024. These regulations remain in force insofar as they are consistent with the new legislation until new regulations are enacted. This analysis is based on the Birth & National Identity Registration Form on the Civil Identity Registry website, which appears to be the one used in practice.
The form requests some of the high priority topics. The items omitted are *Attendant at birth; *Weight of the newborn; *Educational attainment of mother/father; *Place of usual residence of mother/father (although the form does ask for “current residential address”); *Duration of residence in usual place of mother; *Children born alive to mother during lifetime; *Fetal deaths to mother during lifetime; and *Date of last previous live birth.
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 regulations and forms in force as of January 2026 are contained in the Civil Registration Regulation 1967 issued under the Civil Registration Act 1963, which has been repealed by the Civil and Identity Registration Act 2024. These regulations remain in force insofar as they are consistent with the new legislation until new regulations are enacted. This analysis is based on the Information of Death Form on the Civil Identity Registry website, which appears to be the one used in practice.
The form requests virtually all of the high priority topics. The only items omitted are *Date of registration; *Attendant at birth (for deaths under 1 year of age); and *Place of usual residence of mother (for deaths under 1 year of age). The cause of death is recorded on the basis of a medical certificate of cause of death (MCCD) and can be omitted if there is no MCCD.
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 regulations and forms in force as of January 2026 are contained in the Civil Registration Regulation 1967 issued under the Civil Registration Act 1963, which has been repealed by the Civil and Identity Registration Act 2024. These regulations remain in force insofar as they are consistent with the new legislation until new regulations are enacted. This analysis is based on the Birth & National Identity Registration Form on the Civil Identity Registry website, which appears to be the one used in practice for fetal deaths/stillbirths.
The form requests some of the high priority topics. The items omitted are *Place of usual residence of mother/father (although the form does ask for “current residential address”); *Children born alive to mother during lifetime; *Fetal deaths to mother during lifetime; and *Date of last live birth. The form also omits weeks of gestation and cause of death, although Section 41(2) of the Civil and Identity Registration Act requires that a medical attendant who was responsible for the care of the mother at the birth or who examined the fetus must complete and sign a medical certificate certifying the cause of the fetal death which is to be given to the Registrar-General by the notifier (informant) of the stillbirth/fetal death.
The reviewer was unable to ascertain what data on stillbirths/fetal deaths is collected by the health sector.
