Urban Audit - Metadata

Number of live births per year,
Total deaths per year

Department "Statistics of Environment, Infrastructure and Regions"

Division "Regional statistics and GIS"

Valeriya Angelova

Senior expert

2, P. Volov Str., Sofia 1038

vangelova@nsi.bg

+359 2 9857 531

Metadata last update: 01.07.2012
Number	Concept	Description
1	Data description	Births and deaths are period sets registered at the moment of occurrence and forming the set for the calendar year.
2	Classification used	Unified Classification of Administrative-Territorial and Territorial Units (UCATTU)
3	Coverage	The number of live births includes all live born children in the reference year with usual residence (present address) in the eight cities, their Larger Urban Zones and in the contry. The number of deaths includes all dead persons with usual residence (present address) in the eight cities, their Larger Urban Zones and in the contry.
4	Unit of measure	Number
5	Reference period	as of 31-st of December
6	Time coverage	2005 - 2009
7	Release policy	The date of the statistical information release is shown in the Calendar of the NSI statistical surveys.
8	Dissemination format	• www.nsi.bg
9	Methodological documents	• Methodology for studing of births and deaths; • Compilation of variable definitions - Eurostat
10	Source data	Data are collected by the NSI. Data source on the live births and deaths is the National civil registration system (ESGRAON). Births are registred through document – template "Certificate of birth". Deaths are registred through document – template "Certificate of death".
11	Frequency of data collection	Yearly
12	Data collection method	Exhaustively for all registered live births and deaths during the year in the Urban Audit spatial units.