42 DY SPEED Post — LIST OF AMENDING ACTS — Roop's Law Assist Statutes

42 DY SPEED Post vkeck NO_ 1/1/2011-VS(MCCD) ke AQ HRTT PTraTT Kq~ Ehsce7* GOVERNMENT OF INDIA P(cesu 51+5 +s T HHTT4 Aents (_ MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS HTT HerRZT TT @Tft4 09 /3p5 OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR GENERAL, INDIA vftni4z 9HT, 4farf} vug-1, PITHUT gvr #8 faif} _ 110066 V,S. Division; West Block -I, R.K, Puram New Delhi 110066 3H-IRT / Tele-fax No.23383761/26104012 E-mail rgirgi@censusindig govin Date: 9th March, 2012 CIRCULAR Subject: Extending the scheme of Medical Certification Of Cause Of Death (MCCD) to all Medical Institutions regarding; Madam/ Sit;, As you are aware, the Schemne of Medical Certification of Cause of Death (MCCD) falling under" the legal ambit of Registration of Births & Deaths (RBD) Act; 1969 is aimed at providing the cause-specific mortality profile across different age groups at the State and National levels, As of now, the scheme is restricted to major hospitals and hospitals attached to medical colleges located mostly in urban areas Moreover; the coverage of the scheme is also not uniform across the States/ UTs Consequently, the data on cause specific mortality generated under the scheme suffers on account of reliability, representativeness and comparability over the period of time The present coverage of medically certified deaths to the total registered deaths is 17 percent and only percent against the total estimated deaths 2_ In order' to effect improvements in the scheme on above counts, it has been decided to extend the coverage of the scheme to all medical institutions I the country i.e, Government; private and non-profit making institutions This would go & long way in bridging the data gap On cause-specilic mortality prolilc in the country which is of immense importance to the public health planners, administrators, epidemiologists