Birth statistics
The comparison of registered births with estimated live births showed a registration completeness rate of 87% countrywide with an insignificant difference between male and female registration rate. Concerning the legal registration time respect, analysis showed timely registration rate equivalent to 78% of the total number of births registered in 2019.
The computed fertility indicators using the 2019 data showed a crude birth rate (CBR) equivalent to 27.2 and a se ratio at birth equivalent to 102 male births per 100 females.
Death statistics
Vital statistics on deaths showed a total of 23,791 deaths registered in 2019 of which 56.5% occurred in the community. The comparison of registered deaths with expected deaths gives 31.4%, completeness of death registration. Mortality statistics showed a high number of deaths among males compared to females with a sex ratio at death equivalent to 124.4 males deaths per 100 females deaths.
Cause of deaths
Analysis of causes of death data showed that at the early stages of life, most death causes are due to a group of communicable diseases, maternal, perinatal and nutritional conditions while the group of non-communicable diseases is more prominent after the age of 10. More focus should be given to the non-communicable conditions to bring down mortality rates. The external causes and injuries were found to be more frequent in males than females.
Marriage statistics
Vital statistics on marriages were computed based on legal marriages registered in 2019. There was a total of 48,526 registered legal marriages, with a crude marriage rate of 3.9.
The analysis of marriage records showed that the most frequently chosen matrimonial regime is Universal community of property representing 98.2% of the total marriage regimes recorded.