Vital Statistics

Vital Statistics cover vital events in the country i.e. Births, Deaths and Marriages. The analysis includes among others, age of mother, marital status, and place of occurrence for births, age at marriage, previous marital status, occupation, and causes of death, age at death, and place of occurrence for deaths.

Indicators Produced include:

  • Percent birth registration
  • Percent health facility deliveries
  • Nuptial Births
  • Crude Birth Rate
  • Sex ratio at birth
  • Mean age at birth
  • Mean age at marriage- bachelor
  • Mean age at marriage – Spinster
  • Crude marriage rate
  • First marriage for both (Percentage)
  • Percent Death registration
  • Infant mortality Rate
  • Crude death rate
     
Vital Statisctics
Live Births Indicators-20232023
Live Births Male number 23,487
Live Births Female number 22,865
Totalnumber 46,352
Total Population (Projections)number 2,392,644
Births (Projected )1number 50,199
CBR (using registered births)Rate 19.4
Sex ratioRatio 102.7
Nuptial birthsPercent 15.2
Ex-nuptial birthsPercent 84.8
Mean Age of Mother at BirthYears 28.0
Birth RegistrationPercent 92.3
Health Facility DeliveriesPercent99.8
Adolescence Birth Rate 10-14Rate 0.5
Adolescence Birth Rate 15-19Rate 51.8
A Summary of Marriages-2024
Total marriages 4,517
Quarterly Totals
Jan-March 446
Apr-June 948
July-Sept 1,309
Oct-Dec 1,814
Total 4,517
Previous Marital Status
Males
Bachelor 3,961
Divorced 439
Widowed 117
Total 4,517
Females
Spinster 4,260
Divorced 217
Widowed 40
Total 4,517
Previous Marital Status
First marriage for both 3,821
First marriage for one 579
Remarriage for both 117
Total 4,517
Type of marriage
After Banns 4,455
Special License 62
Total 4,517
Death Indicators 2023Measure2023
Total Population Number 2,392,644
Total deaths (projected) Number 17,308
All current deaths (registered) Number 13,694
Death registration Percent79.1
Neo Natal Mortality RateRate 12.7
Infant deathsNumber1,013
U5 Mortality Rate Rate 28.4
Crude Death Rate (CDR) Rate 5.7
Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) Rate 21.9
Life expectancy at birth (males)Years70.1
Life expectancy at birth (Females)Years76.2