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Indicator 17.19.2: Proportion of countries that (a) have conducted at least one population and housing census in the last 10 years; and (b) have achieved 100 per cent birth registration and 80 per cent death registration

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Has the US completed at least one population and housing census in the last 10 years? Has the US achieved 100 percent birth registration and at least 80 percent death registration?

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Year Value
2000 1
2001 1
2002 1
2003 1
2004 1
2005 1
2006 1
2007 1
2008 1
2009 1
2010 1
2011 1
2012 1
2013 1
2014 1
2015 1
2016 1
2017 1
2018 1

This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from US statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from US statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other US-specific metadata information.

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Actual indicator available - description
Date of national source publication
Method of computation
Periodicity
Scheduled update by national source
U.S. method of computation Periodicity of housing census is measured by the decennial census program of the U.S. Bureau of the Census. Rate of coverage of birth records and death records is measured by the Vital Health Statistics Program of the National Center for Health Statistics of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as measured by percentage coverage of prior year vital events.
Comments and limitations Birth registry in the US is greater than 99 percent.
Date metadata updated May 15, 2019 (OMB)
Disaggregation geography
Unit of measurement
Disaggregation categories
International and national references
Time period
Scheduled update by SDG team

This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator name Proportion of countries that (a) have conducted at least one population and housing census in the last 10 years and (b) have achieved 100 per cent birth registration and 80 per cent death registration
Target name By 2030, build on existing initiatives to develop measurements of progress on sustainable development that complement gross domestic product, and support statistical capacity-building in developing countries.
Global indicator description
UN designated tier 1
UN custodial agency UNSD (Partnering Agencies: UNFPA, DESA Population Division, other involved agencies in the interagency group on CRVS)
Link to UN metadata UN metadata opens in a new window
Organisation SSP/OIRA/OMB/EOP
Agency Staff Name OMB
Agency Survey Dataset SSP/OIRA/OMB/EOP
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Link to data source https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/vsrr opens in a new window