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Headline data

Has the US completed at least one population and housing census in the last 10 years? Has the US achieved 100 percent birth registration and at least 80 percent death registration?
Year Value
2000 1
2001 1
2002 1
2003 1
2004 1
2005 1
2006 1
2007 1
2008 1
2009 1
2010 1
2011 1
2012 1
2013 1
2014 1
2015 1
2016 1
2017 1
2018 1
2019 1
2020 1

Source: SSP/OIRA/OMB/EOP

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Footnote:

This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from United States statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from American statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other American-specific metadata information.

Organisation

SSP/OIRA/OMB/EOP
Data sources

SSP/OIRA/OMB/EOP - https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/vsrr
Data providers

Jennifer Park
Comment and limitations

Birth registry in the US is greater than 99 percent.
Method of computation

Periodicity of housing census is measured by the decennial census program of the U.S. Bureau of the Census. Rate of coverage of birth records and death records is measured by the Vital Health Statistics Program of the National Center for Health Statistics of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as measured by percentage coverage of prior year vital events.
Date metadata updated

February 2018

This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator

Indicator 17.19.2: Proportion of countries that (a) have conducted at least one population and housing census in the last 10 years; and (b) have achieved 100 percent birth registration and 80 percent death registration
Target

Target 17.19: By 2030, build on existing initiatives to develop measurements of progress on sustainable development that complement gross domestic product, and support statistical capacity-building in developing countries
Organisation

United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations (UN DESA)
Definition and concepts

Definition:

This information refers only to 17.19.2b: Proportion of countries that have achieved 100 percent birth registration and 80 percent death registration.

According to the Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Revision 3 (https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/standmeth/principles/M19Rev3en.pdf), a complete civil registration is defined as: “The registration in the civil registration system of every vital event that has occurred to the members of the population of a particular country (or area), within a specified period as a result of which every such event has a vital registration record and the system has attained 100 percent coverage.”

In a given country or area, the level of completeness of birth registration can be different from the level of completeness of death registration.

There exist several methods for the evaluation of completeness of birth or death registration systems.

An elaboration of these methods is available at Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System, Revision 3. The evaluation and monitoring of quality and completeness of birth and death registration systems are addressed in Part three, sub-Chapters: (D). Quality assessment methods; (E). Direct versus indirect assessment, and (F). Choosing appropriate methods for assessing completeness and qualitative accuracy of registration and register-based vital statistics (para 579 to 622).

Indicator 17.19.2b has two parts; the first concerning the birth registration and the second concerning the death registration of each individual country or area.

Unit of measure

Percent (%)

Number
Data sources

National demographic analysis; National dual record check; Questions in population census; Questions in sample surveys; National Register; Other (as specified by the national statistical authorities – please see 3.b. below)
Data providers

National Statistical Offices of all countries and areas.
Comment and limitations

Not applicable
Method of computation

The two sub-indicators of the indicator 17.19.2b are expressed as proportions: at the global level, the proportion of countries that have achieved 100 percent birth registration is measured as the number of countries that have achieved 100 percent birth registration divided by the total number of countries. The computation is done in an analogous manner for the death registration part as well as for the regional measurements of both birth and death registration sub-indicators.

The latest compiled data for this indicator are part of the Statistical Annex to the annual Secretary-General’s progress report, available at https://unstats.un.org/sdgs. These data are compiled using the country-reported information on availability and completeness of birth and death registration data at the country level, to the United Nations Demographic Yearbook, via the Demographic Yearbook Vital Statistics questionnaire and accompanying metadata. United Nations Demographic Yearbook collection and associated online compilations are published by the United Nations Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Please refer to: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/index.cshtml#overview

At the present time, the thresholds used for compiling the data for the indicator 17.19.2b are 90 percent for birth registration and 75 percent for death registration, due to the classification that has been used in the Demographic Yearbook metadata questionnaire on vital statistics. This classification is modified to enable reporting according to the exact formulation of the indicator 17.19.2b.
Metadata update

2024-09-27
International organisations(s) responsible for global monitoring

United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations (UN DESA)
UN designated tier

1
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