Vital Statistics

Vocabulary flashcards summarizing key terms, agencies, laws, rates, and methods discussed in the Vital Statistics module.

Vital Statistics

Application of statistical methods to vital events such as births, deaths, marriages, migration, and illnesses.

Morbidity

State of being diseased or unhealthy within a population; incidence of ill-health.

Mortality

Incidence of death or number of deaths within a population.

Morbidity Statistics

Numerical data that describe the occurrence of disease in a population.

Mortality Statistics

Numerical data concerned with deaths and their causes, indicating community healthfulness.

Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)

Central statistical authority created in 2013 (RA 10625) that conducts censuses and compiles vital statistics in the Philippines.

National Statistics Office (NSO)

Former major statistical agency for general-purpose statistics; evolved from the NCSO and placed under the Office of the President by EO 121.

National Census and Statistics Office (NCSO)

Predecessor of the NSO established under PD 418 and supervised by NEDA.

National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB)

Highest policy-making and coordinating body on statistics (EO 121, 1987) before being merged into the PSA.

Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS)

Agency under the Department of Agriculture that serves as the central information source for agricultural data.

Philippine National Census

Official nationwide enumeration of population; first held in 1878, most recent comprehensive census mandated by RA 10625.

Republic Act 10625

Philippine Statistical Act of 2013 that created the PSA and mandated periodic censuses.

Presidential Decree 418

Decree that created the National Census and Statistics Office under NEDA.

Executive Order 121

Order that renamed the NCSO as the NSO under the Office of the President.

Executive Order 149

Order placing the NSO back under administrative supervision of NEDA.

Proclamation No. 1031

2015 proclamation by President Aquino declaring August 2015 as National Census Month.

Birth Certificate

Civil registry document recording date, place, sex, and parent details of a newborn; accomplished by attendant at birth.

Death Certificate

Legal document required before burial, stating name, demographics, date, and cause of death; completed by physician or undertaker.

Vital Registration System

Continuous government system for registering births, deaths, and other vital events.

Death Registration

Official notification and recording of a death, legally required before burial or cremation.

Arithmetic Method (Population Projection)

Assumes a constant absolute annual increase: Pf = Pp + n k.

Geometric Method (Population Projection)

Assumes a constant percentage growth: Pf = Pp (1 + k)^n.

Rate (Statistical)

Measure of event occurrence over a specified time interval, often expressed per 1,000 or 100,000 population.

Crude Birth Rate (CBR)

Number of live births in a year per 1,000 mid-year total population.

General Fertility Rate (GFR)

Number of live births in a year per 1,000 women aged 15-44.

Crude Death Rate (CDR)

Number of deaths in a year per 1,000 mid-year total population.

Specific Mortality Rate

Death rate limited to a particular group (e.g., sex, occupation) per 1,000 in that group.

Age Specific Death Rate

Deaths in a specific age group per 1,000 population of the same age group per year.

Cause-of-Death Rate

Deaths from a specified cause in a year per 1,000 mid-year population.

Infant Mortality Rate (IMR)

Deaths of infants under one year per 1,000 live births in the same year.

Case Fatality Rate (CFR)

Proportion of cases of a disease that result in death, expressed as a percentage.

Incidence Rate

Number of new disease cases in a population at risk during a specified period.

Prevalence Rate

Proportion of existing (new and old) disease cases in a population at a point or period in time.

Prospective (Cohort) Study

Study that follows an exposed group forward in time to measure disease development.

Retrospective Study

Investigation that looks back at past events to compare people with and without disease.

Life Expectancy

Average number of years a newborn is expected to live under current mortality conditions.

Primary Health Care

Essential health services including education, nutrition, immunization, sanitation, MCH, disease control, basic treatment, and essential drugs.

Sample Registration System

Modeled or sample-based system used to estimate vital rates where complete registration is lacking.

Household Survey (Vital Statistics)

Survey method used to estimate events like infant or child mortality in populations without full registration.

Hospital Survey

Collection of morbidity or mortality data directly from hospital records.

Age Structure Effect

Impact of population age composition on crude rates, e.g., rising CDR in aging populations despite health improvements.