Information Collected

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

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)

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.