Vital record
Vital records are records of life events kept under governmental authority, including
Note that only the life events meaning is restricted to government; the records management meaning in this article applies to both government and non-government organizations.
United States
In the
Europe
Various European countries are members of an International Commission on Civil Status which provides a mutually recognized convention on the coding of entries appearing in civil status documents, with common codes and translation tables between the language of the member states. They also provide an English unofficial translation.
In the fields of records management and archival science, the term vital record is used[7] to mean "records, regardless of medium, which are essential to the organization in order to continue with its business-crucial functions both during and after a disaster. They need not be permanent, might be active or inactive, originals or copies."[8][9]
Challenges
In the past 10 years,[vague] there has been an overall increase in global birth registration rates of children under five from 58 percent to 65 percent. However, more than 100 developing countries still do not have functioning systems that can support efficient registration of births and other life events like marriages and death. Around the world, almost 230 million children under the age of five are not registered. Sub-Saharan Africa is home to 85 million of these children, while 135 million live in Asia and the Pacific.[10] Progress with death registration has been much slower globally. In countries in most need of CRVS, up to 80 percent of deaths that occur outside health facilities and two-thirds of all deaths globally are not counted.[11]
See also
- Civil registration
- Family register
- Vital statistics (government records)
References
- ^ "Milwaukee Register of Deeds Vital Records System".
- ^ "Florida Statutes, Chapter 382".
- ^ "Milwaukee Register of Deeds Genealogical Research".
- ^ "Wisconsin Register of Deeds Association Vital Records Fee/Application".
- ^ "Request for a Birth Certificate".
- ^ "Seeking Michigan Death Records, 1897-1920".
- ^ See for example ISO 15489-1:2001 clause 9.3a.
- ^ "British Records Association Glossary".
- ^ "Birth records". Retrieved 20 February 2019.
- ^ "Global Civil Registration and Vital Statistics" (PDF). World Bank. 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
- ^ "Death certificates - vital records". Retrieved 20 February 2019.
External links
- Where to Write for Vital Records in the US - National Center for Health Statistics
- Vital Records and Records Disaster Mitigation and Recovery: An Instructional Guide published by the National Archives and Records Administration of the USA.