Country | Data year | Data source | Reported CRVS deaths | National estimate of completeness (%) | Reported deaths with MCCD (%) | MCCD with ill-defined causes* (%) | CRVS committee established |
Bangladesh | 2018 | UNESCAP questionnaire† | 196 910 | 24 | 12.5 | 3 | 2017 |
Bhutan | 2018 | UNESCAP questionnaire | 3914 | 74 | Nil | Not applicable | No |
DPR Korea | NA‡ | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
India | 2019 | Vital Statistics Report 201925 | 7 641 076 | 92 | 21 | 13 | 2012 |
Indonesia | 2018 | UNESCAP questionnaire | 407 518 § | 25 | 50 | 35 | 2019 |
Maldives | 2019 | Maldives Health Profile 2019 37 | 1054 | 100 | 100 | 28 | 2017 |
Myanmar | 2017 | Statistical Yearbook 201936 | 231 210 | 59 | 19 | NA | 2014 |
Nepal | 2017 | UNESCAP questionnaire | Not specified¶ | 54 | Nil | Not applicable | No |
Sri Lanka | 2019 | Census and Statistics website38 | 146 053 | 98 | NA | NA | 2019 |
Thailand | 2018 | Public Health Statistics 201834 | 475 793 | 96 | 45 | 24 | 2010/2021** |
Timor Leste | 2018 | UNESCAP questionnaire | 2187 | 23 | Nil | Not applicable | 2017 |
*Coded to the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision (ICD-10) chapter for ‘Symptoms, signs and ill-defined conditions’.
†Questionnaire canvassed by UNESCAP to all regional countries to report progress towards the CRVS Decade 2015–2024 targets and goals.24
‡NA=data not available.
§Indonesian data are from the health sector recording system.
¶The actual numbers of deaths are not mentioned, and only the per cent of data completeness is provided in the questionnaire.
**Thailand has reconstituted the National CRVS committee in 2021.
CVRS, Civil Registration and Vital Statistics; MCCD, Medical Certification of Cause of Death; UNESCAP, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia Pacific.