Estimation of national and subnational all-cause mortality indicators in Nepal, 2017.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) system in Nepal operating for several decades, it has not been used to produce routine mortality statistics. Instead, mortality statistics rely on irregular surveys and censuses that primarily focus on child mortality. To fill this knowledge gap, this study estimates levels and subnational differentials in mortality across all ages in Nepal, primarily using CRVS data adjusted for incompleteness.

Methods

We analyzed death registration data (offline or paper-based) and CRVS survey reported death data, estimating the true crude death rate (CDR) and number of deaths by sex and year for each province and ecological belt. The estimated true number of deaths for 2017 was used with an extension of the empirical co

SUBMITTER: Pandey SP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9719662 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature