Vital Statistics - Deaths - 1997
Sri Lanka, 1997
Reference ID
LKA-RGD-RGD-1997-v1.0
Producer(s)
Statistics Division, Registrar General's Department
Metadata
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Identification
Survey ID Number
LKA-RGD-RGD-1997-v1.0
Title
Vital Statistics - Deaths - 1997
Country
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | LKA |
Study type
Administrative Records, Other (ad/oth]
Series Information
Registration of vital events commenced in 1867 with the enactment of civil registration laws which conferred the legal sanction for the registration of events namely, live births, deaths, still births and marriages. According to the law every death has to be registered within 5 days from the date of occurrence. Although death registrations are compulsory by law, few events are missed and not registered for various reasons.
[By the survey conducted in 1980 to assess the completeness of the registration of births and deaths, it was found that about 98.8 per cent of births and 94.0 per cent of deaths are being registered in Sri Lanka in any given period].
Deaths are registered at the place of occurrence and not in the area of deceased.
[By the survey conducted in 1980 to assess the completeness of the registration of births and deaths, it was found that about 98.8 per cent of births and 94.0 per cent of deaths are being registered in Sri Lanka in any given period].
Deaths are registered at the place of occurrence and not in the area of deceased.
Abstract
Registration of vital events commenced in 1867 with the enactment of civil registration laws which conferred the legal sanction for the registration of events namely, live births, deaths, still births and marriages. According to the law every death has to be registered within 5 days from the date of occurrence. Although death registrations are compulsory by law, few events are missed and not registered for various reasons.
[By the survey conducted in 1980 to assess the completeness of the registration of births and deaths, it was found that about 98.8 per cent of births and 94.0 per cent of deaths are being registered in Sri Lanka in any given period].
Deaths are registered at the place of occurrence and not in the area of the deceased.]
[By the survey conducted in 1980 to assess the completeness of the registration of births and deaths, it was found that about 98.8 per cent of births and 94.0 per cent of deaths are being registered in Sri Lanka in any given period].
Deaths are registered at the place of occurrence and not in the area of the deceased.]
Kind of Data
Administrative records data [adm]
Unit of Analysis
Death of individual
Version
Version Description
v1.0: Full edited dataset, original version for internal DPD use.
Version Date
2008-06-17
Scope
Notes
The scope of the Registration of Death 1997 include :
-District
-AGA Division
-Registrar's Division
-Month & Year
-Date of Death
-If urban, assessment number, street and town
-If rural, Name of village
-Revenue District
-Whether outside division
-Distinguishing letters
-Race
-Age at Death - in days
-Age at Death - in months
-Age at Death - in years
-Immediate Cause
-Antecedent and/or underlying cause
-Other contributions
-District
-AGA Division
-Registrar's Division
-Month & Year
-Date of Death
-If urban, assessment number, street and town
-If rural, Name of village
-Revenue District
-Whether outside division
-Distinguishing letters
-Race
-Age at Death - in days
-Age at Death - in months
-Age at Death - in years
-Immediate Cause
-Antecedent and/or underlying cause
-Other contributions
Topics
| Topic | Vocabulary | URI |
|---|---|---|
| DEMOGRAPHY AND POPULATION [14] | CESSDA | Link |
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
National coverage.
Universe
Entire population of local individuals whose death has occured in Sri Lanka.
Producers and sponsors
Primary investigators
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Statistics Division, Registrar General's Department | Ministry of Public Administration and Home Affairs |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Divisional Secretariats | Data Collection |
Funding Agency/Sponsor
| Name | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| Goverment of Sri Lanka | GOSL |
Data Collection
Dates of Data Collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 1997-01-01 | 1997-12-31 |
Data Collection Mode
Other [oth]
Data Collection Notes
When a death of an individual occurs, the respondent of the death meets the Registrar of Births and Deaths appointed for the area where the death occured and obtains the death certificate.
A copy of the death certificate is sent to the Divisional Secretariat Office along with the monthly return of deaths which includes the details of deaths occured in a particular month.
The Additional District Registrars receive the returns from all Divisional Secretariate offices attached to them. The Additional District Registrars send these returns to the Statistical Division of the Registrar General's Office for data processing purposes.
A copy of the death certificate is sent to the Divisional Secretariat Office along with the monthly return of deaths which includes the details of deaths occured in a particular month.
The Additional District Registrars receive the returns from all Divisional Secretariate offices attached to them. The Additional District Registrars send these returns to the Statistical Division of the Registrar General's Office for data processing purposes.
Data Collectors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Registrars of Berths & Deaths | Registrar General's Department |
| Additional District Registrar | Registrar General's Department |
| Statistical Division - Registrar General's Office | Registrar General's Department |
Data Processing
Other Processing
Data processing included the following steps.
1. Accepting the filled birth return forms by the Statistical Division
2. Do a visual check for completeness
3. Coding of data
4. Entry of data
5. Run edit program for each District batch
6. Produce error report
7. Correction of errors on the report
8. Change incorrect data using the corrected error report
9. Re-run the edit program and repeat the error correction procedure
10. Produce final tables on clean data with a backup of clean data.
1. Accepting the filled birth return forms by the Statistical Division
2. Do a visual check for completeness
3. Coding of data
4. Entry of data
5. Run edit program for each District batch
6. Produce error report
7. Correction of errors on the report
8. Change incorrect data using the corrected error report
9. Re-run the edit program and repeat the error correction procedure
10. Produce final tables on clean data with a backup of clean data.
Access policy
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Statstical Division | Registrar General's Department | ddstat@rgd.gov.lk | www.rgd.gov.lk |
Confidentiality
The degree of confidentiality of this microdata set is determined by the Access Authority. Please refer to the Access Authority for further details.
Access conditions
Please contact the Access Authority for Access Terms and Conditions.
Citation requirements
"Registrar General's Department,Vital Statistics (Deaths) - 1997 Version 1.0 of the public use dataset (June 2008 )"
Access authority
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registrar General | Registrar General's Department | rg@rgd.gov.lk | www.rgd.gov.lk |
Disclaimer and copyrights
Disclaimer
The Department of Census and Statistics and the Registrar General's Department will bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the secondary use of the data.
Copyright
(C) 2008, Registrar General's Department
Metadata production
DDI Document ID
DDI-LKA-RGD-RGD-1997-v1.0
Producers
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registrar General's Department | RGD | Ministry of Public Administration and Home Affairs | Providing Metadata |
Date of Metadata Production
2008-06-17
DDI Document version
Version 1.0 ( June 2008 ).