Report on Bangladesh Sample Vital Statistics - 2014

Monitoring the Situation of Vital Statistics of Bangladesh (MSVSB) Project is a regular surveillance system of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) to determine the annual population change at national and sub-national level. The objective is to collect, compile and publish demographic data to meet the inter censual data (10 years) needs. Over the years, the vital registration system has been improved. Sample coverage has also been increased. Vital statistics are collected to estimate demographic as and when it occurs by a locally recruited female Registrar (System-1). Under the Second System (System-2) another group of officials from District/Upazila Statistical Offices of BBS collect the data independently from the same area on quarterly basis. Having the filled-in schedules from the two systems, data are matched by a pre-designed matching criteria and the demographic rate, ratios are calculated following Chandra Sekar and Deming procedure. In order to get denominators for the demographic parameters, a detailed household survey is conducted at the beginning of every year covering basic household and population characteristics. The report on vital statistics 2014 is based on the vital events such as births, deaths, marriages, divorce etc. occurred during 2014.

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