Table 2.
Tabulated mortality data available for selected Pacific Islands, 2000–2009: WHO databases, as compared with locally available data
| Mortality data by age and sex | Cause of death data | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Country |
Estimated Deaths (2011)# |
WHO* (Year/Completeness) |
Locally available data+(estimated completeness$) |
WHO§(Year/Quality) |
Locally available data+(from medical certificates)+ |
| Fiji |
7185 |
No data (1999/90-100%) |
MoH reports (>95%) |
2000/Low |
MOH reports |
| Kiribati |
827 |
2001/>75% |
MoH reports (40-60%) Civil registration (40-60%) |
2002/Low |
Not tabulated |
| Nauru |
88 |
No data |
Civil Registration (>95%) |
1996/not rated |
MoH reports |
| Palau |
158 |
No data |
MoH reports (>95%) |
No data |
MoH reports |
| Solomon Islands |
4039 |
No data |
MoH reports (not estimated) |
No data |
Not tabulated |
| Tonga |
683 |
No data |
MoH^ reports (>80%) |
1998/Low |
MoH reports |
| Vanuatu | 1311 | No data | MoH reports (not estimated) | No data | MoH reports (hospital deaths only) |
# Estimated deaths extracted from Secretariat of the Pacific Islands Population data [33].
* Data extracted from World Health Organisation Statistical Information System [34], [35-40]: data last updated March 2011.
+ Most complete source listed only. MoH = Ministry of Health. Most complete available source or reconciled data: Fiji (MoH), Kiribati (reconciled MoH and civil registry data), Solomon Islands (MoH), Vanuatu (MoH), Nauru (MoH/Civil registry data), Palau (MoH), Tonga (MoH).
$ Estimates of completeness source: Fiji [41], Kiribati (capture-recapture analysis, unpublished), Solomon Islands (system assessment), Vanuatu (system assessment), Nauru [42], Palau (Brass analysis), Tonga [43].
§ WHO assessment, 2003 [3].
^ MoH data from 2009 onward is routinely reconciled against civil registry data.