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Vital Statistics
Zambia
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Zambia
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
Some of the UN recommended high priority statistical topics are collected at birth registration. However, the information not collected includes place of registration, date of marriage, place/country of birth of mother, children born alive to mother during her lifetime, fetal deaths to mother during lifetime and date of 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)
Amongst the UN recommended high priority statistical topics for deaths, the following are not recorded: place of registration, attendant at birth (for deaths of infants under 1 year of age), marital status, place of usual residence (the deceased’s residential address is recorded, but without indicating if this is the usual place of residence), and place of usual residence of 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.
Amongst the UN recommended high priority statistical topics for stillbirths, the following information is not recorded through the civil registration system: date of birth of mother or mother's age, children born alive to mother, fetal deaths to mother during lifetime, date of last live birth, place of usual residence, or weeks of gestation.
Some information about the child’s father is recorded, if the parents are married, or otherwise at the joint request of the mother and the person acknowledging himself in writing in the presence of the Registrar to be the father of the child). However, this information does not include the father’s date of birth or usual residence.
Additional health data for pregnant women is collected through the Zambia Electronic Perinatal Record System (ZEPRS), which records demographic characteristics, past medical and obstetric history, prenatal care, and delivery and newborn care for pregnant women.
