Civil Registration System (CRS) in India has been in vogue for more than 100 years now. The Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1969 came into force in 1970. Even after 4 decades of the enactment of the Act, there are wide inter-state and intra-state variations. Our study is on Andhra Pradesh (AP), a South Indian state with a population of 84.6 million (Census of India, 2011) wherein the birth and death registrations varies from 23.2% - 148.6% registrations. We conducted an analysis of four (2007 - 2010) years civil registration data of AP.
Objective
1. To assess the district wise reporting and registrations of births and deaths in AP from 2007 - 2010. 2. To make an urban vs. rural comparison of proportions of these registrations. 3. To identify factors influencing civil registration in AP and steps for strengthening CRS.