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Vital Statistics

This document provides an overview of vital statistics. It defines vital statistics as numerical data relating to vital events such as births, deaths, marriages, and sickness within a community. It notes that vital statistics provide estimates of community health and how it relates to social, economic, environmental, and demographic factors. The document discusses how vital statistics are measured and the objectives of collecting them. It also outlines the various uses of vital statistics for purposes like health planning, research, and assessing health services. Sources of health information that contribute to vital statistics are described such as censuses, registration of vital events, and sample registration systems. Important rates and indices used in vital statistics like birth rates, death rates, and infant mortality rates are also defined.

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Vital Statistics

This document provides an overview of vital statistics. It defines vital statistics as numerical data relating to vital events such as births, deaths, marriages, and sickness within a community. It notes that vital statistics provide estimates of community health and how it relates to social, economic, environmental, and demographic factors. The document discusses how vital statistics are measured and the objectives of collecting them. It also outlines the various uses of vital statistics for purposes like health planning, research, and assessing health services. Sources of health information that contribute to vital statistics are described such as censuses, registration of vital events, and sample registration systems. Important rates and indices used in vital statistics like birth rates, death rates, and infant mortality rates are also defined.

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VITAL STATISTICS

Mrs. Prema Suresh

CONCEPT

Science of collection of numerical facts and


data, and the technique of analyzing and
drawing conclusions from such data

Vital statistics are statistics relating to


vital events namely birth, death, marriages
and sickness that occur in a community
recorded and interpreted

DEFINITION

The facts systematically collected and


compiled in numerical form related to or
derived from records of vital events

Contd

Statistics that provide estimates of health of


the community and in relation to the state
of environment, social, economic, cultural
and demographic factors

MEASUREMENTS
Meaurement

related to the state of

health
Sickness and death
Measurement affecting health
Nutrition, housing, social, economical
and
environmental factors
Items of service
Preventive, promotive and creative
services

OBJECTIVES
Administrative
Research
Evaluative

USES

To measure the health status of the people and


to quantify their health problems and medical
and health care needs
For local, National and International
comparison of health status
For planning, administration and effective
management of health services and
programmes
For assessing the attitude and degree of
satisfaction of the beneficiaries with the health
system

Contd
For assessing whether heath services are
accomplishing their objectives in terms of
their effectiveness and efficiency
For research into particular problems of
health and disease

SOURCES OF HEALTH
INFORMATION
Census

The total process of collecting, compiling


and publishimg demographic, economic ans
social data pertaining at a specified time or
times, to all persons in a country or delimited
territory
1st March
Last census : ???

Contd

Population can be estimated by


Natural increase method
The arithmetic progression
The Geometric progression

Registration

of vital events
Legal registration , statistical
recording and reporting of the occurrence of
and the collection , compilation, presentation,
analysis and distribution
of statistics pertaining to vital events
Central birth and death registration Act
1969
Time limit
Lay reporting

Sample

registration system
Dual record system, consisting of
continuous enumeration of births and
deaths by an investigator supervisor.
Once in 6 months conduct
Retrospective survey

Notification

Purpose to effect prevention and/or


control of disease
Eg Cholera, Plague, Yellow fever

Other sources
Hospital

records
Disease register
Record linkagess
Epidemiological surveilance
Other health service records
Environmental health data
Health man power statistics
Population surveys
Non Quantifiable information

IMPORTANT RATE AND INDICES

Fertility statistics
Birth rate
Fertility Rate
Reproductive rate

Mortality statistics
Crude death rate
Specific death rate
Infant and maternal mortality rate
Fetal death rate
Proportionate mortality rate ratio

ss

Morbidity statistics
Incidences
Prevalence

Nutritional status indicators


Health care delivery indicators
Environmental indicators
Socio economic indicators
Indicators of quality of life

Registration of statistical data


Role of community health Nurse

General fertility rate

No of live birth occuring in a year


=
----------------------------------------x 1000
Estimated female population
between
15-44 years of age at mid year

Age specific fertility rate

=
1000

No of live births occuring in one year


to woman of a specific age
---------------------------------------------x
Estimated population of the same age
during mid year

Mortality Statistic

Death Rate

No of deaths occuring in a year


-------------------------------------x100
Estimated mid year population

Infant moratlity rate

No of deaths under one year of age


------------------------------------------x 1000
Total live births in one year

Maternal mortality rate

No of female deaths from pregancy,


child birth or puerperium in a year
----------------------------------------x 1000
No of live births during that year

THANK YOU

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