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Civil registration is mostly under the authority of the Ministry of Justice, with registrations taking place in civil registration offices, in “Government for Citizens” offices or through an e-government platform. The Committee on Statistics of the Ministry of National Economy is responsible for producing and publishing vital statistics. Birth, death and perinatal death data are entered into a unified system that allows the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Healthcare and Social development and the State Statistics Committee and other stakeholders like Ministry of Internal affairs and Ministry of Education to manage a common, real-time population registry and produce vital statistics, including daily reports of pregnancies and maternal deaths: the Statistical Population Register (SPR). For completeness of registration’s coverage purposes, medical organizations of the country carry out verifications on a monthly basis of the registered births and deaths with bodies of civil registration. As of 2019 a project of a registration through SMS is being implemented, with the medical services transmitting data to the civil registration office to ease the process.

Registration of birth is obligatory, and it must be carried out within 3 working days, a time limit that has been heavily reduced in 2016 to allow access to more accurate and timely data. Registration of death is also obligatory, but there is no established period. A death certificate is however mandatory for funeral, and it is free of charge. In 2015, 99.7% of children under 5 were estimated to have had their birth registered. In 2013, death registration was estimated to be between 85 and 90% complete. Delayed registration is monitored and 0.4% of births occurring in 2013 were registered in the following years, and 1.3% for deaths.

The challenges faced by Kazakhstan include a stronger collaboration between stakeholders, as well as a close monitoring of data quality. Quality has become even more important with the creation of the Statistical Population Register which requires consistency to link the different databases.

CRVS Focal Point:

Ms. Uteulina Bakytkul, Chief expert of the Division of social and demographic statistics, Committee on statistics of the Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan

RSG Member:

Mr. Nurlan Khanzhigitov, Head of Social and Demographic Statistics Division, Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

Goal 1. Universal civil registration of births, deaths and other vital events

Goal 1 Targets:

1.A

By 2024, at least 100 per cent of births in the territory and jurisdiction in the given year are registered.

1.B

By 2024, at least 100 per cent of children under 5 years old in the territory and jurisdiction have had their birth registered.

1.C

By 2024, at least 100 per cent of all individuals in the territory and jurisdiction have had their birth registered.

1.D

By 2024, at least 100 per cent of all deaths that take place in the territory and jurisdiction in the given year are registered.

1.E

By 2024, at least 100 per cent of all deaths recorded by the health sector in the territory and jurisdiction in the given year have a medically certified cause of death recorded using the international form of the death certificate.

Goal 2. All individuals are provided with legal documentation of civil registration of births, deaths and other vital events, as necessary, to claim identity, civil status and ensuing rights

Goal 2 Targets:

2.A

By 2024, at least 100 per cent of all births registered in the territory and jurisdiction are accompanied with the issuance of an official birth certificate that includes, as a minimum, the individual’s name, sex, date and place of birth, and name of parent(s) where known.

2.B

By 2024, at least 100 per cent of all deaths registered in the territory and jurisdiction in the given year are accompanied with the issuance of an official death certificate which includes, as a minimum, the deceased’s name, date of death, sex, and age.

Goal 3. Accurate, complete and timely vital statistics (including on causes of death) are produced based on registration records and are disseminated

Goal 3 Targets:

3.A

By...(year), annual nationally representative statistics on births – disaggregated by age of mother, sex of child, geographic area and administrative subdivision –are produced from registration records or other valid administrative data sources.

3.B

By ...(year), annual nationally representative statistics on deaths – disaggregated by age, sex, cause of death defined by ICD, geographic area and administrative subdivision – are produced from registration records or other valid administrative data sources.

3.C

By 2024, at least ...per cent of deaths occurring in health facilities or with the attention of a medical practitioner havean underlying cause of death code derived from the medical certificate according to the standards defined by ICD.

3.D

By 2024, the proportion of deaths coded to ill-defined codes will have been reduced to 2-3 per cent.

3.E

By 2024, at least … per cent of deaths taking place outside of a health facility and without the attention of a medical practitioner have their underlying cause of death code determined through verbal autopsy in line with international standards.

3.F

By ...(year), key summary tabulations of vital statistics on births and deaths using registration records as the primary source, are made available in the public domain in electronic format annually, and within one calendar year.

3.G

By ...(year), key summary tabulations of vital statistics on causes of death using registration records as the primary source, are made available in the public domain in electronic format annually, and within two calendar years.

3.H

By 2020, an accurate, complete and timely vital statistics report for the previous two years, using registration records as the primary source, is made available in the public domain.

Goal 1. Universal civil registration of births, deaths and other vital events

Goal 1 is an expression of the internationally accepted principle of the universal coverage of civil registration. The CRVS system should register all vital events occurring in the territory and jurisdiction of the country or area, including among hard-to-reach and marginalized populations.

National Targets:

1.A

By 2024, at least 100 per cent of births in the territory and jurisdiction in the given year are registered.

BASELINE

2014

99%

MIDTERM

2018

100%

TARGET

2024

100%

1.B

By 2024, at least 100 per cent of children under 5 years old in the territory and jurisdiction have had their birth registered.

MIDTERM

2015

99.7%

TARGET

2024

100%

1.C

By 2024, at least 100 per cent of all individuals in the territory and jurisdiction have had their birth registered.

baseline

2013

100%

MIDTERM

2018

100%

TARGET

2024

100%

1.D

By 2024, at least 100 per cent of all deaths that take place in the territory and jurisdiction in the given year are registered.

baseline

2014

99%

MIDTERM

2018

99%

TARGET

2024

100%

1.E

baseline

2014

100%

MIDTERM

2018

100%

TARGET

2024

100%

Goal 2. All individuals are provided with legal documentation of civil registration of births, deaths and other vital events, as necessary, to claim identity, civil status and ensuing rights

Goal 2 reflects that CRVS systems provide legal documentation of civil registration to individuals and families for legal and administrative purposes. Legal documentation is strongly linked with a broad range of rights and activities, in particular legal identity. This goal addresses the distinction between the civil registration of a vital event and the possession of formal proof that it took place, in the form of legal documentation.

National Targets:

2.A

baseline

2013

100%

MIDTERM

2018

100%

TARGET

2024

100%

2.B

baseline

2013

100%

MIDTERM

2018

100%

TARGET

2024

100%

Goal 3. Accurate, complete and timely vital statistics (including on causes of death) are produced based on registration records and are disseminated

Goal 3 highlights the critical importance of civil registration being linked to the production and quality assurance of vital statistics on the occurrence and characteristics of vital events.

National Targets:

3.A

TARGET

Target achieved

3.B

TARGET

Target achieved

3.C

Note: This target was not monitored as part of the Midterm Questionnaire on the Implementation of the Regional Action Framework for CRVS in Asia and the Pacific.

baseline

2014

100%

TARGET

2024

Target achieved

3.D

By 2024, the proportion of deaths coded to ill-defined codes will have been reduced to 2-3 per cent.

baseline

2013

6.4%

MIDTERM

2018

6.2%

TARGET

2024

2-3%

3.E

Note: In light of recent countries’ experiences, Verbal autopsy is not encouraged to be applied to a large population scale, but rather on a representative sample. To reflect this, Target 3E is not anymore monitored by the coverage percentage of Verbal autopsy, but by the use or not of Verbal autopsy and its different applications.

baseline

No

MIDTERM

No

3.F

TARGET

Target achieved

3.G

TARGET

Target achieved

3.H

By 2020, an accurate, complete and timely vital statistics report for the previous two years, using registration records as the primary source, is made available in the public domain.

TARGET