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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.
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
Mr. Nurlan Khanzhigitov, Head of Social and Demographic Statistics Division, Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Goal 1. Universal civil registration of births, deaths and other vital events |
Goal 1 Targets:
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:
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:
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:
BASELINE
201499%
MIDTERM
2018100%
TARGET
2024100%
MIDTERM
201599.7%
TARGET
2024100%
baseline
2013100%
MIDTERM
2018100%
TARGET
2024100%
baseline
201499%
MIDTERM
201899%
TARGET
2024100%
baseline
2014100%
MIDTERM
2018100%
TARGET
2024100%
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:
baseline
2013100%
MIDTERM
2018100%
TARGET
2024100%
baseline
2013100%
MIDTERM
2018100%
TARGET
2024100%
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:
TARGET
Target achieved
TARGET
Target achieved
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
2014100%
TARGET
2024Target achieved
baseline
20136.4%
MIDTERM
20186.2%
TARGET
20242-3%
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
TARGET
Target achieved
TARGET
Target achieved
TARGET
2020

National Coordination Mechanism
Status in Kazakhstan: Not started

Comprehensive Assessment
Status in Kazakhstan: Not started

National Targets for 2024
Status in Kazakhstan: Complete

Monitoring & Reporting Plan
Status in Kazakhstan: Not started

Inequality Assessment
Status in Kazakhstan: Not started

National Strategy
Status in Kazakhstan: Not started

National Focal Point
Status in Kazakhstan: Complete

Reporting to ESCAP - Baseline
Status in Kazakhstan: Complete

Reporting to ESCAP - Midterm
Status in Kazakhstan: Complete
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.
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
Mr. Nurlan Khanzhigitov, Head of Social and Demographic Statistics Division, Ministry of National Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan