VITAL STATISTICS

( S TAT I S T I C S R E L AT I N G T O B I R T H S , D E AT H S ,
M A R R I A G E S , H E A LT H , A N D D I S E A S E )
WHAT IS VITAL STATISTIC IN EPIDEMIOLOGY ?

• Vital statistics are the compilation and

analysis of information collected from vital
event records reported. Health Statistics is
responsible for compiling and analyzing the
data from these vital records.
 WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF VITAL STATISTIC IN
HEALTH ORGANIZATION ?

• Some of the most important information about the health

comes from vital records, such as leading causes of death,
low birth weight babies, and mother's access to prenatal
care.

• Vital records data are used throughout the state and nation
for analysis of health trends, program planning, and policy
development.
VITAL STATISTICS FORMULAS
VITAL STATISTICS FORMULAS
WHAT IS CRUDE BIRTH RATE?

• We look at the number of births in a given time period and

population as the crude birth rate, or CBR. More specifically,
CBR is the number of live births per year, is estimated mid-year,
and is almost always reported per 1000 living people.

CBR = (number of births) x 1000 / estimated population at mid-

year

 For example, let's say we wanted to calculate the CBR for

Anywhere, USA, for year 2013. If we say the number of live
births that year was 672 and the estimated mid-year
population was 107,619, we can plug the numbers in to look
like this:

672 x 1000 / 107619 = 6.24 births per 1000 people

 CRUDE DEATH RATE

• CRUDE DEATH RATE is the total number of deaths to residents in a

specified geographic area (country, state, county, etc.) divided by
the total population for the same geographic area (for a specified
time period, usually a calendar year) and multiplied by 100,000.

CDR = (number of deaths) x 100,000 / estimated population at mid-year

Examples:
15,231 total deaths in New Mexico during calendar year 2006. 2,010,787
= estimated 2006 mid-year population for New Mexico.

(15,231 / 2,010,787) x 100,000 = 757.5 resident deaths per 100,000

population in 2006 in New Mexico
 CRUDE DIVORCE RATE

• The crude divorce rate is the ratio of the number of

divorces in a population during a reference period
over the person-years lived by the population
during the same period. It is expressed as divorces
per 1,000 population.
 CRUDE MARRIAGE RATE

The crude marriage rate is the number of marriages

occurring among the population of a given
geographical area during a given year, per 1,000 mid-
year total population of the given geographical area
during the same year.
 MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE

• MATERNAL MORTALITY RATE is the number of resident maternal

deaths within 42 days of pregnancy termination due to
complications of pregnancy, childbirth, and in a specified
geographic area (country, state, county, etc.) divided by total
resident live births for the same geographic area for a specified time
period, usually a calendar year, multiplied by 100,000.

• Examples:
84 maternal deaths in 2008 among state residents 130,000 live births in
2008 to state residents

84/130,000 x 100,000 = 64.6 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births

NEONATAL MORTALITY RATE (NMR)

• Number of neonatal deaths in a given population

and reference period and number of live births in
the same population and reference period
 POSTNEONATAL MORTALITY RATE

• POST-NEONATAL MORTALITY RATE is the number of resident newborns

dying between 28 and 364 days of age in a specified geographic
area (country, state, county, etc.) divided by the number of resident
live births for the same geographic area (for a specified time period,
usually a calendar year) and multiplied by 1,000.

(Number of resident postneonatal deaths/Number of resident live births)

x 1,000

• Examples:
300 = post-neonatal deaths in 2008 among state residents 150,000 = live
births in 2008 to state residents.

(300/150,000) x 1,000 = 2.0 post-neonatal deaths per 1,000 live births in

2008 among state residents
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE IN THE
REGISTRATION OF VITAL EVENTS ?

• Registration of vital events is the responsibility of the

Local Government Units (LGUs).

• The hospitals, clinics, rural health units and similar

institutions including barangay secretaries,
practicing physicians, midwives, nurses, traditional
birth attendants who attended births and deaths
and etc.
WHAT ARE THE BASIC SOURCES OF VITAL STATISTICS ?

• Marriage Certificate – Municipal Form No. 101

• Certificate of Live Birth – Municipal Form No. 102

• Certificate of Death – Municipal Form No. 103

• Certificate of Fetal Death – Municipal Form No.

103A
WHAT ARE THE USES OF VITAL STATISTICS ?

• as input for population estimation/projection for future

planning.

• as basis for forecasting requirements for food, housing,

• medical facilities, education and other needs of the
population.

• to carry out policy making at local levels for planning

health, education services, housing, etc.

• to address health inequities from communicable

disease, chronic disease and injuries.
BIRTH STATISTICS
MARRIAGE STATISTICS
DEATH STATISTICS