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The Office of the Registrar General of India has released a report titled “Vital Statistics of India Based on The Civil Registration System”.
About the Report:
- The report provides an overview of the working of the Civil Registration System(CRS) in the country. It presents a compilation of data on registered births, deaths, and sex ratio based on Civil Registration Records.
- Data: The level of registration was arrived at using Sample Registration System Rates for 2018. It is because the survey for 2019 which was scheduled for 2020 could not be completed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Key Findings of the Report: The level of birth and death registration with the Civil Registration System (CRS) in India has gone up considerably in 2019.
Birth Registration:
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- Based on information received from the 32 States/UTs, the share of institutional births to total registered births is 81.2 %.
- The level of registration of births has increased to 92.7% in 2019 from 82.4% in 2011.
- 14 States/UTs have achieved the 100% level of registration of births. Around 10 out of 20 major States have crossed the 90% level of registration of births.
- Out of the total registered births, the share of males and females are 52.1% and 47.9% respectively.
- In case of registration of births within the prescribed time period of 21 days, the 15 States/UTs have achieved more than 90% registration of births to the total births registered.
- The three States namely Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Kerala have achieved 80 to 90% registration of births within 21 days.
- Highest Sex Ratio at Birth(SRB) based on Registered events has been reported by Arunachal Pradesh(1024), followed by Nagaland(1001), Mizoram(975) and Andaman and Nicobar Islands(965).
- Lowest Sex Ratio at Birth(SRB) has been reported by Gujarat(901), Assam(903), Madhya Pradesh(905) followed by Jammu & Kashmir (909).
Death Registration:
- The number of registered deaths has increased from 69.5 lakhs in 2018 to 76.4 lakhs in 2019.
- Out of the total registered deaths, the share of male and female are 59.6% and 40.4% respectively.
- Based on information provided from 31 States/UTs, the share of Institutional deaths in total registered deaths is 32.1%.
- In case of registration of deaths within the prescribed time period of 21 days, 11 States/UTs have achieved more than 90% registration of deaths to the total deaths registered.
- The level of registration of deaths has increased from 66.4% in 2011 to 92.0% in 2019.
- Among the states, 19 States/UTs have achieved 100% percent level of registration of deaths.
- In case of registration of infant deaths, the share of urban areas is 75.5% compared to rural with only 24.5%.
Source: The Hindu
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