CIVIL REGISTRATION AND VITAL STATISTICS
IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Tajikistan
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Tajikistan
The Tajikistan’s Ministry of Justice is responsible for civil registration through civil registration offices (ZAGS). There are 66 district city ZAGS, but most of the times registration takes place at the more local jamoat (municipality) level. The Agency on statistics under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan is responsible for the production and publication of vital statistics. The legal time limit for birth registration is 3 months after the event. There is a small fee for birth and death registration.
Based on results of the Demographic and Health Survey conducted in 2017, 8.6% of children under 5 years old had no birth certificate. The number of unregistered girls was higher by 2% in comparison with boys. With 23% of deliveries happening at home, there is a lot of birth under-reporting. Another important problem is declining indicators on registration of marriages. Thus, in 2015 in comparison to 2014 the number of registered marriages fell by 20 percent (from 95 478 to 77 020). The trend to decline is continuing
The main organizational problem is the lack of a single electronic database and electronic registration of acts of civil status. Because of this situation, there is no opportunity to effectively check the civil status of applicants, and the burden of submitting of evidences falls primarily on the applicant. This is why a 2014-2019 Programme aiming at the implementation of a Single Electronic System has been elaborated, with help UNDP, UNFPA and UN Women.
CRVS Focal Point:
Mr. Davlatzoda Qiyomiddin, Deputy Director, Agency on statistics under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan
Tajikistan
Goal 1. Universal civil registration of births, deaths and other vital events |
Goal 1 Targets:
1.A
By 2024, at least 97 per cent of births in the territory and jurisdiction in the given year are registered.
1.B
By 2024, at least 98 per cent of children under 5 years old in the territory and jurisdiction have had their birth registered.
1.C
By 2024, at least … per cent of all individuals in the territory and jurisdiction have had their birth registered.
1.D
By 2024, at least 98 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 … 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 98 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 97 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 2020, annual nationally representative statistics on deaths – disaggregated by age, sex, cause of death defined by ICD (latest version as appropriate), geographic area and administrative subdivision – are produced from registration records or other valid administrative data sources.
3.C
By 2024, at least 98 per cent of deaths occurring in health facilities or with the attention of a medical practitioner have an underlying cause of death code derived from the medical certificate according to the standards defined by ICD (latest version as appropriate).
3.D
By 2024, the proportion of deaths coded to ill-defined codes will have been reduced to … 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 2018, 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 2018, 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 2018, 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 97 per cent of births in the territory and jurisdiction in the given year are registered.
BASELINE
2014100%
MIDTERM
2018100%
TARGET
202497%
1.B
By 2024, at least 98 per cent of children under 5 years old in the territory and jurisdiction have had their birth registered.
MIDTERM
201795.8%
TARGET
202498%
1.C
By 2024, at least … per cent of all individuals in the territory and jurisdiction have had their birth registered.
1.D
By 2024, at least 98 per cent of all deaths that take place in the territory and jurisdiction in the given year are registered.
Note: This country has not submitted estimates for the number of deaths for all years. The level of completeness of death registration was therefore assessed with international estimates for every year, to allow comparison. These measurements are therefore to be interpreted with caution.
baseline
201475%
MIDTERM
201874%
TARGET
202498%
1.E
By 2024, at least … 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.
baseline
2014100%
MIDTERM
2018100%
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
By 2024, at least 98 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.
baseline
2013100%
MIDTERM
2018100%
TARGET
202498%
2.B
By 2024, at least 97 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.
baseline
2013100%
MIDTERM
2018100%
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
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.
TARGET
Target achieved
3.B
By 2020, annual nationally representative statistics on deaths – disaggregated by age, sex, cause of death defined by ICD (latest version as appropriate), geographic area and administrative subdivision – are produced from registration records or other valid administrative data sources.
TARGET
Target achieved
3.C
By 2024, at least 98 per cent of deaths occurring in health facilities or with the attention of a medical practitioner have an underlying cause of death code derived from the medical certificate according to the standards defined by ICD (latest version as appropriate).
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.
TARGET
202498%
3.D
By 2024, the proportion of deaths coded to ill-defined codes will have been reduced to … per cent.
baseline
20130.3%
MIDTERM
20180%
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.
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
3.F
By 2018, 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.
TARGET
Target achieved
3.G
By 2018, 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.
TARGET
Target achieved
3.H
By 2018, 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
Target achieved
Tajikistan
National Coordination Mechanism
Status in Tajikistan: Complete
Comprehensive Assessment
Status in Tajikistan: Complete
National Targets for 2024
Status in Tajikistan: Complete
Monitoring & Reporting Plan
Status in Tajikistan: Complete
Inequality Assessment
Status in Tajikistan: Not started
National Strategy
Status in Tajikistan: Not started
National Focal Point
Status in Tajikistan: Complete
Reporting to ESCAP - Baseline
Status in Tajikistan: Complete
Reporting to ESCAP - Midterm
Status in Tajikistan: Complete
Tajikistan Events
07 October 2019 - 11 October 2019
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), Statistics Norway, and the European Free Trade Association…
09 December 2015 - 10 December 2015
The workshop for National CRVS Focal Points is aimed at strengthening capacities for setting national targets and collecting, compiling and…
Tajikistan News
03 April 2017
Do you want to know how many countries in Asia and the Pacific have a CRVS coordination mechanism? Are you interested in how ambitious the national…
29 April 2016
Here you can find recent news, events and blogs relevant for CRVS in Asia and the Pacific.
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Tajikistan Resources
Advocacy Materials, 2017
Civil Registration and Vital Statistics play a key role in facilitating progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. A well-functioning CRVS…
Advocacy Materials, Country Assessments and Strategies, 2017
Do you want to know how many countries in Asia and the Pacific have a CRVS coordination mechanism? Are you interested in how ambitious the national…
Meeting Documents, UN Official Documents, 2016
The seventy-first session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific adopted resolution 71/14 on the Asian and Pacific Civil…
International Standards and Recommendations, UN Official Documents, 2014
Through Commission resolution 69/15, countries in Asia and the Pacific requested that further regional action be taken to support the improvement of…
Advocacy Materials, 2015
Well-functioning civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems are essential to evidenced-based policy planning for inclusive and…
Country Statements, 2014
Tajikistan issued this statement in the Ministerial Conference agenda item 6 regarding the State of civil registration and vital statistics in Asia…
Meeting Documents, 2014
Advocacy Materials, Meeting Documents, 2014
The Ministerial Declaration to "Get every one in the picture' in Asia and the Pacific was made at the Ministerial Conference on Civil Registration…
Meeting Documents, Report, UN Official Documents, 2014
The Report of the Ministerial Conference on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics in Asia and the Pacific gives an overview of the main outcomes of…
Tajikistan
The Tajikistan’s Ministry of Justice is responsible for civil registration through civil registration offices (ZAGS). There are 66 district city ZAGS, but most of the times registration takes place at the more local jamoat (municipality) level. The Agency on statistics under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan is responsible for the production and publication of vital statistics. The legal time limit for birth registration is 3 months after the event. There is a small fee for birth and death registration.
Based on results of the Demographic and Health Survey conducted in 2017, 8.6% of children under 5 years old had no birth certificate. The number of unregistered girls was higher by 2% in comparison with boys. With 23% of deliveries happening at home, there is a lot of birth under-reporting. Another important problem is declining indicators on registration of marriages. Thus, in 2015 in comparison to 2014 the number of registered marriages fell by 20 percent (from 95 478 to 77 020). The trend to decline is continuing
The main organizational problem is the lack of a single electronic database and electronic registration of acts of civil status. Because of this situation, there is no opportunity to effectively check the civil status of applicants, and the burden of submitting of evidences falls primarily on the applicant. This is why a 2014-2019 Programme aiming at the implementation of a Single Electronic System has been elaborated, with help UNDP, UNFPA and UN Women.
CRVS Focal Point:
Mr. Davlatzoda Qiyomiddin, Deputy Director, Agency on statistics under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan
Events
Dec 09-10 2015
News
Resources
Advocacy Materials, 2017
Advocacy Materials, Country Assessments and Strategies, 2017
Meeting Documents, UN Official Documents, 2016