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The Vital Registration Office is situated at the only hospital in the Northern Mariana Islands, The Commonwealth Health Center. Birth Registration is estimated to be 98 % complete within 1 year of birth. Death Registration is estimated to be 100% complete within 1 year of death. Cause of death (from a medical certificate) is provided for 100% of deaths, with ICD-10 Death Coding being completed by National Center for Health Statistics.
Wilbert G. Rospel, Vital Statistics Registrar, Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation
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
201899%
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
201395.7%
MIDTERM
201895.6%
baseline
201388.9%
MIDTERM
201889.1%
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
20138%
MIDTERM
20181.8%
TARGET
20240%
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.
MIDTERM
No
TARGET
Target achieved
TARGET
Target achieved
TARGET
Target achieved

National Coordination Mechanism
Status in Northern Mariana Islands (the): Not started

Comprehensive Assessment
Status in Northern Mariana Islands (the): Not started

National Targets for 2024
Status in Northern Mariana Islands (the): Complete

Monitoring & Reporting Plan
Status in Northern Mariana Islands (the): Not started

Inequality Assessment
Status in Northern Mariana Islands (the): Not started

National Strategy
Status in Northern Mariana Islands (the): Not started

National Focal Point
Status in Northern Mariana Islands (the): Complete

Reporting to ESCAP - Baseline
Status in Northern Mariana Islands (the): Not started

Reporting to ESCAP - Midterm
Status in Northern Mariana Islands (the): Complete
The Vital Registration Office is situated at the only hospital in the Northern Mariana Islands, The Commonwealth Health Center. Birth Registration is estimated to be 98 % complete within 1 year of birth. Death Registration is estimated to be 100% complete within 1 year of death. Cause of death (from a medical certificate) is provided for 100% of deaths, with ICD-10 Death Coding being completed by National Center for Health Statistics.
Wilbert G. Rospel, Vital Statistics Registrar, Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation