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Cook Islands
Health data overview for the Cook Islands
Population
Population of Cook Islands
2000 - 2020
2000
Population by age and sex. Cook Islands
2020
Population by age and sex. Cook Islands
Completeness of birth and death registration
Percentage of all births registered
Cook Islands, 2017
Percentage of all deaths registered
Cook Islands, 2012
Civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) systems register births and deaths in a country, issue birth and death certificates, and compile and disseminate vital statistics.
Well-functioning CRVS Systems use inputs into and exits from a population register to provide governments with critical information on their population by age, sex, location, occupation and other variables on which to develop policies and plan services. The completeness (i.e. the percentage of all births/deaths registered), data accuracy and the timeliness of civil registration are essential for quality vital statistics.
The completeness percentages are statistical estimates based on available data. These estimates are produced using data from two sources: the UN Demographic Yearbook and UNICEF's State of the World's Children estimates.
Well-functioning CRVS Systems use inputs into and exits from a population register to provide governments with critical information on their population by age, sex, location, occupation and other variables on which to develop policies and plan services. The completeness (i.e. the percentage of all births/deaths registered), data accuracy and the timeliness of civil registration are essential for quality vital statistics.
The completeness percentages are statistical estimates based on available data. These estimates are produced using data from two sources: the UN Demographic Yearbook and UNICEF's State of the World's Children estimates.
Metadata
Reference data
ISO alpha 2 code
CK
ISO alpha 3 code
COK
M49 code
184
WHO short name
Cook Islands
Formal name
the Cook Islands
Administrative level
Admin 0
Regional groupings
Regional groupings and country classifications
WHO region
Western Pacific
UN region
Oceania > Polynesia
Data sources
Population data
UNDESA population division, World Population Prospects 2022, https://population.un.org/wpp/ | Extracted: 22 November 2022
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita
World Health Organization, Global Health Expenditure database https://apps.who.int/nha/database | Extracted: 22 November 2022
Current health expenditure (CHE) as % of GDP
World Health Organization, Global Health Expenditure database https://apps.who.int/nha/database | Extracted: 22 November 2022
Life expectancy and health life expectancy
Causes of death
Birth registration
UNICEF, UNICEF global databases, 2022, based on DHS, MICS, other national surveys, censuses and vital registration systems. https://data.unicef.org/topic/child-protection/birth-registration/ | Extracted: 22 November 2022
Republic of Korea and Malaysia data: United Nations Statistics Division, 2022, Quality of vital statistics obtained from civil registration page on the United Nations Demographic Yearbook Vital Statistics Questionnaire. https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/crvs/ | Extracted: 22 November 2022
Republic of Korea and Malaysia data: United Nations Statistics Division, 2022, Quality of vital statistics obtained from civil registration page on the United Nations Demographic Yearbook Vital Statistics Questionnaire. https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/crvs/ | Extracted: 22 November 2022
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