Introduction to the vital statistics system in H...
Vital statistics is a systematic and statistical system to collect the residents'death information caused by diseases or injuries on a recurring basis,which aims at monitoring death causes, distribution and disease epidemic dynamics in urban and rural areas.The integrity and accuracy of the vital information is of great significance for population health policies and resources allocation.
Vital statistics in Henan province had been developed in 15 cities and counties since 1983,since the first retrospective deaths survey was conducted during 1975~1977.With the more than thirty years'continuous efforts, in coordination with the support from local government and the health administration, vital statistics system has formed the county-township-village registration and reporting network and perfect management regulations, which now basically delineates all death causes among Henan residents.(https://www.daowen.com)
Cancer registry based on the standard and perfect vital statistics system, because cancer registration contains cancer death cases on one hand, on the other hand, vital statistics system is an important route to supplement cancer incidences and passive follow-up.Hence a perfect vital statistics system is the vital basis for cancer registration when assess its data quality.
Vital statistics were classified into 18 categories and 101 diseases in accordance with international Classification of diseases, ICD-10.