Mexico National Health Information System Birth Certificates Standard Database 2008
General Info
Original or alternative title
Nacimientos Occurridos (Certificado de Nacimiento)
Coverage type
Country
Time period covered
January, 2008 - December, 2008
Data type
Vital registration:
Subnationally representative
Summary
This dataset is representative of all birth certificates received by the Ministry of Health for 2008. Variables included in the microdata are: sex of child, birth order, number of surviving children, ages of mother and father, marital status, date of birth, place of birth, and place of residence.
The Ministry of Health also offers microdata on registered births from 1985 to the present. In addition, the National Insititute of Statistics, Geography and Informatics (INEGI) provides microdata on birth registration in a different format.
Citation
Contributors
Publisher
Suggested citation
Secretariat of Health (Mexico). Mexico National Health Information System Birth Certificates Standard Database 2008. Mexico City, Mexico: Secretariat of Health (Mexico).