Vital statistics (government records)
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Vital statistics is accumulated data gathered on live births, deaths, migration, fetal deaths, marriages and divorces. The most common way of collecting information on these events is through civil registration, an administrative system used by governments to record vital events which occur in their populations. Efforts to improve the quality of vital statistics will therefore be closely related to the development of civil registration systems in countries. Civil registration followed the practice of churches keeping such records since the 19th century.
This article covers mainly the US, UK and Canada, with references to global standards.
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See also
- Birth certificate
- British Annals of Medicine, Pharmacy, Vital Statistics, and General Science
- Death certificate
- Vital record
- Civil registration and vital statistics
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