title: [Notes on vital statistics for the study of perinatal health].
abstract: Vital statistics, published by the National Statistics Institute in Spain, are a highly important source for the study of perinatal health nationwide. However, the process of data collection is not well-known and has implications both for the quality and interpretation of the epidemiological results derived from this source. The aim of this study was to present how the information is collected and some of the associated problems. This study is the result of an analysis of the methodological notes from the National Statistics Institute and first-hand information obtained from hospitals, the Central Civil Registry of Madrid, and the Madrid Institute for Statistics. Greater integration between these institutions is required to improve the quality of birth and stillbirth statistics.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Economic Demography, School of Economics and Management, Institute for Futures Studies, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. Electronic address: sol.juarez@ekh.lu.se.
authors.forename: Sol Pía
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Juárez
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes; D001719:Birth Certificates; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods*; D003644:Death Certificates; D005260:Female; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D054238:Perinatal Mortality; D011247:Pregnancy; D012042:Registries; D013030:Spain; D050497:Stillbirth / Q000453:epidemiology; D014798:Vital Statistics
keywords: Birth weight; Edad gestacional; Estadísticas vitales; Fetal mortality; Gestational age; Mortalidad perinatal; Muertes fetales tardías; Perinatal mortality; Peso al nacer; Vital statistics