ESCWA Publication: E/ESCWA/SD/2015/WG.1/Report
Country: Arab region
Publication Type: Meeting reports
Cluster: Statistics, Information Society and Technology
Focus Area: Inclusive development, Statistics
Initiatives: Civil registration & vital statistics
SDGs: Agenda 2030
Keywords: Death, Mortality, Statistics, Civil registration, Conferences
Report: Expert group meeting on death registration systems and mortality statistics in the Arab region Beirut, 15-16 June 2015
June 2015
The expert group meeting on death registration systems and mortality statistics in the Arab regionwas organized in support of a study under preparation by the statistics Division of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), in partnership with the Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean of the World Health Organization (WHO-EMRO). The study focuses on death registration systems and their associated mortality statistics in the Arab region. It aims to provide an overview of the current status of death registration systems in the region and present a demographic assessment of the completeness and quality of death registration data in selected Arab States. The results of the meeting will feed into the ESCWA study and enrich its analytical and technical foundation. The present report contains an overview of the meeting’s discussions and concluding recommendations.
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The expert group meeting on death registration systems and mortality statistics in the Arab regionwas organized in support of a study under preparation by the statistics Division of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), in partnership with the Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean of the World Health Organization (WHO-EMRO). The study focuses on death registration systems and their associated mortality statistics in the Arab region. It aims to provide an overview of the current status of death registration systems in the region and present a demographic assessment of the completeness and quality of death registration data in selected Arab States. The results of the meeting will feed into the ESCWA study and enrich its analytical and technical foundation. The present report contains an overview of the meeting’s discussions and concluding recommendations.
