It contains guidelines for a) improving civil registration; b) increasing coordination and communication between agencies responsible for civil registration and vital statistics; c) using the information contained in censuses and fertility and mortality surveys, and d) meeting more effectively the new needs of users. Keywords: data, coverage, dissemination, structure, coding, temporal reference, directory, quality control.
Apply guidelines to improve civil registration, increase coordination, and use information from censuses and fertility and mortality surveys to meet the needs of users.