News: Recently, India’s 2023 Vital Statistics Report was published by the Office of the Registrar General of India (ORGI), which works under the Ministry of Home Affairs.
About India’s 2023 Vital Statistics Report
Source: TH
The Vital Statistics of India based on Civil Registration System (CRS) 2023 provides a nationwide picture of the country’s birth and death registrations, institutional births, and sex ratio at birth.
Released by:Registrar General of India (RGI) under the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner.
Legal Context: The Civil Registration System (CRS) operates under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969, mandating compulsory registration of every birth and death in India.
The recently proposed amendments to the Registration of Births and Deaths Act (effective from 2024) further emphasize digitization and integration of CRS data with other national databases to enhance real-time demographic tracking.
Findings of the report
Birth Statistics
Total Births Registered (2023):2.52 crore (25.2 million)
Comparison with 2022: Decline of 2.32 lakh births (2022 recorded approximately 2.54 crore births).
Registration Coverage:98.4% of births were registered in 2023.
Institutional Births: Accounted for 74.7% of all registered births, indicating a continued trend toward hospital deliveries, though data from Sikkim was not included.
State-wise Registration Efficiency
11 States/UTs achieved more than 90% registration within 21 days of birth.
Five States reported 80–90% timely registration
Fourteen States showed 50–80% registration within the prescribed time.
Death Statistics
Total Deaths Registered (2023):8.66 million (86.6 lakh)
2022 Figures:8.65 million (86.5 lakh), a marginal increase of 0.1 lakh deaths, suggesting a relatively stable mortality rate post-pandemic.
Pandemic Context: The CRS data shows no significant spike in deaths during 2022 and 2023, contrasting with earlier pandemic years.
This demonstrates that the impact of COVID-19 on overall mortality had largely stabilized by 2023.
Sex Ratio at Birth
Lowest SRB States:Jharkhand has the lowest SRB.
Other stateswithlowest SRB states: Bihar, Telangana, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Haryana and Mizoram.
Notably, Bihar has consistently reported the lowest SRB since 2020.
Highest SRB States: Arunachal Pradesh has the highest SRB.
Other states with lowest SRB are Nagaland, Goa, Ladakh and Tripura and Kerala.
Institutional Births and Health Infrastructure
Institutional births accounted for 74.7% of total registered births in 2023.
However, the remaining 25.3% non-institutional births suggest continued gaps in healthcare accessibility, particularly in rural and marginalized regions.
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