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Vital Statistics of India Based on the Civil Registration System 2016

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General Info
Original or alternative title 
Annual Report on Vital Statistics of India based on CRS-2016
Provider 
Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner (India)
Tabulations only
Geography 
India (IND)
Coverage type 
Country
Time period covered 
01/2016 - 12/2016
Series or system 
Vital Statistics of India Based on the Civil Registration System
Data type
Vital registration:
  • Subnationally representative
  • Urban-rural representative
Summary 

Results from the Civil Registration System (CRS) in 2016 were released in the Vital Statistics of India Based on the Civil Registration System report. This report has tabulations by age, sex, rural and urban representativeness, and state/union territory. Topics include live births, birth rates, and infant mortality, distribution of registered births and registered deaths, and total births and deaths for major Indian states (those with populations above 10 million as per the 2011 Census).

Part I provides a review of the Civil Registration System and contains a summary analysis of data on registered births, deaths, infant deaths and sex ratio at birth at State level. Part II of the report provides State and District-wise data on registered births, deaths, infant deaths and still births with rural-urban & sex-wise break-up and sex ratio at birth.

Keywords 
Adult mortality, Birth certificates, Birth place, Child mortality, Death certificates, Fertility, Infant mortality, Live births, Mortality, Population, Stillbirths, Vital statistics
GHDx Entry last modified on: Jan 15, 2025