Vital Statistics - Deaths - 2003
Sri Lanka, 2003
Reference ID
LKA-RGD-RGD-2003-v1.0
Producer(s)
Statistics Division, Registrar General Department
Metadata
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Identification
Survey ID Number
LKA-RGD-RGD-2003-v1.0
Title
Vital Statistics - Deaths - 2003
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.
The survey conducted in 1980, to assess the completeness of births and deaths registration found that, about 98.8 per cent of births and 94.0 per cent of deaths are being registered.
Deaths are registered at the place of occurrence and not in the area of deceased.
Although death registrations are compulsory by law, few events are missed and not registered for various reasons.
The survey conducted in 1980, to assess the completeness of births and deaths registration found that, about 98.8 per cent of births and 94.0 per cent of deaths are being registered.
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.
The survey conducted in 1980, to assess the completeness of births and deaths registration found that, about 98.8 per cent of births and 94.0 per cent of deaths are being registered.
Deaths are registered at the place of occurrence and not in the area of deceased.
Although death registrations are compulsory by law, few events are missed and not registered for various reasons.
The survey conducted in 1980, to assess the completeness of births and deaths registration found that, about 98.8 per cent of births and 94.0 per cent of deaths are being registered.
Deaths are registered at the place of occurrence and not in the area of deceased.
Kind of Data
Administrative records data [adm]
Unit of Analysis
Death
Version
Version Description
v1.0: Full edited dataset, original version for internal DPD use.
Version Date
2008-07-09
Scope
Notes
The scope of the Registration of Death 2003 include :
-District
-AGA Division
-Registrar's Division
-Month & Year
-Date of Death
-If urban, assesment 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, assesment 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.
Producers and sponsors
Primary investigators
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Statistics Division, Registrar General Department | Ministray 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 |
|---|---|
| 2003-01-01 | 2003-12-31 |
Data Collection Mode
Other [oth]
Data Collection Notes
Registrar's of births and deaths in the Divisional Secretariat Offices send return of birth forms to the Additional District Registrars. Additional District Registrar's collect all the forms and send these forms to the Statistical Division of the Registrar General Office.
Data Collectors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Registrars of Berths & Deaths | Data Collection |
| Additional District Registrar | Data Collection |
| Statistical Division - Registrar General Office | Data Collection |
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 Department | rgstst@sltnet.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 Department,Vital Statistics (Deaths) - 2003 Version 1.0 of the public use dataset (June 2008 )"
Access authority
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registrar General | Department of Registrar General | registrergen@sltnet.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) 2003, Registrar General Department
Metadata production
DDI Document ID
DDI-LKA-RGD-RGD-2003-v1.0
Producers
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registrar General Department | RGD | Ministray of Public Administration and Home Affairs | Data Collection |
Date of Metadata Production
2008-07-09
DDI Document version
Version 1.0 ( June 2008 ).