Abortions
Content
1 Contact
2 Metadata update
3 Statistical presentation
4 Measurement unit(s)
5 Reference (reporting) period
6 Institutional mandate
7 Confidentiality (legal acts providing for statistical data confidentiality)
8 Release policy
9 Frequency of dissemination
10 Dissemination format
11 Methodological documentation
12 Quality management
13 Relevance
14 Accuracy and reliability
15 Timeliness and punctuality
16 Comparability
17 Coherence
18 Administrative burden for respondents (time used by one respondent to fill in a statistical
questionnaire)
19 Revision of statistical information
20 Statistical data processing
21 Comments, links to related metadata
1
Contact
1.1
1.2
Contact organisation
Contact organisation unit
1.3
1.4
Contact person
Contact person, position, area of
responsibility
Contact person's postal address
Contact person's email address
Contact person's phone No
Contact person's fax No
Metadata update
Metadata last certified
Metadata last posted
Metadata last update (revision, check)
Statistical presentation
Description of statistical information (main
characteristics, purpose)
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.8
2
2.1
2.2
2.3
3
3.1
Institute of Hygiene (HI)
Health Statistics Department of Health Information
Centre
Rita Gaidelyte
Head of Department
Didzioji str.22, LT-01128 Vilnius
rita.gaidelyte@hi.lt
+ 370 5277 3303
+ 370 5262 4663
2015-08-31
2015-08-31
2015-08-31
The purpose of statistical information on abortions is to
monitor the number of spontaneous or artificial
termination of pregnancies, the structure of abortions,
the main characteristics of women experience the
abortions, dynamics of abortions.
Statistical data is collected using the survey of all health
care institutions dealing with abortions. The main
dimensions of abortions are type of abortion and age of
women.
The figures are disseminated in absolute numbers, and
crude rates: per 1000 women in fertile age (15-49 year
old); per 100 live births.
3.2
Classification(s), classification system
3.3
Institutional sector coverage
3.4
Definition(s)
3.5
3.6
3.7
3.8
3.9
Statistical unit
Statistical population
Geographical coverage
Time coverage
Base period
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5
6
Measurement unit(s)
Reference (reporting) period
6.1
Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on
Community statistics on public health and health and
safety at work;
The Law on Public Health Monitoring of Republic of
Lithuania (3 July 2002, No. IX-1023);
Order of Minister of Health on Statistical accounting
and reporting of health care institutions (29 November
1999, No. 515)
Statistical data exchange
–
Confidentiality (legal acts providing for statistical data confidentiality)
Confidentiality policy
Law on Statistics of the Republic of Lithuania;
Law on Legal Protection of Personal Data of the
Republic of Lithuania;
Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 on
European statistics and repealing Regulation (EC,
Euratom) No 1101/2008 of the European Parliament
and of the Council on the transmission of data subject to
6.2
7
7.1
Institutional mandate
Legal acts and other agreements
The list of health care institutions (internal HI
classification);
The list of municipalities (internal HI classification);
Up to the 1st of April 2011 – Diseases and Related
Health Problems, Tenth Revision (ICD-10), since the
1st of April 2011 – Diseases and Related Health
Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification
(ICD-10-AM)
http://ebook.vlk.lt/e.vadovas_2014/index.jsp;
The list of age groups.
All health care institutions (public or private), dealing
with abortions.
Abortion – is the termination of pregnancy or artificial
extraction of the product of the conception up to 22
week of gestation (ICD-10-AM codes O00–O06).
Ectopic pregnancy – is a complication of pregnancy in
which the embryo attaches outside the uterus. (ICD-10AM code O00).
Spontaneous abortion is the termination of pregnancy
with whole or partial extraction of the product of the
conception up to the 22 week of gestation (ICD-10-AM
code O03).
Legally induced abortion is the artificial extraction of
the product of the conception up to the 12 week of
gestation by the wish of women or up to the 22 week of
gestation due to therapeutic reasons (due to mother’s
anatomical or functional disorders or foetal
abnormallities involving the major organ systems with
danger for mother‘s or baby’s live) (ICD-10-AM code
O04).
Health care institution
All statistical units
All territory of the country
Since 1992
–
Case
Year
7.2
Data confidentiality regulations
8
Release policy
8.1
Release calendar
8.2
Link to the release calendar
8.3
Release procedure
9
10
Frequency of dissemination
10.1
10.2
Dissemination format
News release
Publications
10.3
Databases
10.4
10.5
Access to micro data
Other
11
12
Methodological documentation
12.1
Quality management
Quality assurance
12.2
Quality assessment
statistical confidentiality to the Statistical Office of the
European Communities, Council Regulation (EC) No
322/97 on Community Statistics, and Council Decision
89/382/EEC, Euratom establishing a Committee on the
Statistical Programmes of the European Communities
(OJ 2009 L87, p. 164).
The Rules of Statistical Information Publication and
Revision, approved by Order No V-146 of 15 June 2015
of the Director of Institute of Hygiene
Statistical information is published in accordance with
an approved release calendar.
http://www.hi.lt/statistiniu-duomenu-skelbimokalendorius.html;
http://osp.stat.gov.lt/kalendoriai
Statistical information is published on the Institute of
Hygiene Internet Site, according to an approved
Statistical Information Release Calendar pursuant to the
Rules of Statistical Information Publication and
Revision, approved by Order No V-146 of 15 June 2015
of the Director of Institute of Hygiene;
Statistical information is published on the Official
Statistics Portal, according to an approved statistical
information release calendar pursuant to the Rules for
the Preparation and Dissemination of Statistical
Information, approved by Order No DĮ-212 of 26
September 2014 of the Director General of Statistics
Lithuania.
Annual
–
Annual statistical yearbooks (in English):
„Health Statistics of Lithuania"
http://www.hi.lt/lt/lietuvos-sveikatos-statistika-healthstatistics-of-lithuania.html;
„Statistical yearbook of Lithuania”; „Demographic
yearbook“ http://osp.stat.gov.lt/en/statistikos-leidiniukatalogas
Lithuanian Health Indicators Presentation System;
Statistics Lithuania database
–
Data on HI internet site;
WHO/EURO database
http://www.hi.lt/statistikos-kokybe.html
The quality of statistical information and its production
process is ensured by the provisions of the European
Statistics Code of Practice.
Data quality is in accordance with principles of
accuracy and reliability, timeliness and punctuality,
coherence and compatibility.
Logical and mathematical control of data of survey of
health care institutions is done during the data entry.
Data is compared with the previous years. In case of
significant differences, data is discussed with
respondents and corrected if needed.
13
Relevance
13.1
User needs
13.2
13.3
User satisfaction
Completeness of statistical information
13.3.1
Degree of completeness of required
information
14
Accuracy and reliability
14.1
Overall accuracy
14.2
14.3
14.3.1
14.3.1.1
14.3.1.2
Sampling error
Non-sampling error
Non-response error
Unit non-response rate
Item non-response rate
15
Timeliness and punctuality
15.1
Timeliness
15.2
15.2.1
The main users of data on abortions are politicians, State
and municipal authorities and agencies, health care
specialists and institutions, international organisations
(WHO), the media, the researchers and students.
User satisfaction survey is planned for 2016.
All indicators of abortion are published. Data is
published on the level of administrative units (counties
and municipalities).
100 per cent of information produced in accordance
with the Official Statistics Work Programme is
published.
Data on abortion could be assessed as accurate enough.
Some number of abortions could be missed due to
underreporting of health care institutions. Reporting rate
is 77.2 % (only private health care institutions are
among not reported ones). Only 2.7% of reported
private health care institutions are dealing with
abortions. Usually private health care institutions are
reporting small number of abortions. Therefore, it is
estimated that about 4% of abortions could be
underreported.
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−
–
–
−
Provisional data is published in May, final data in
August.
Punctuality
Statistical information is published in accordance with
an approved release calendar.
Percentage of statistical information released 100 per cent
on time
16
Comparability
16.1
Geographical comparability
16.2
16.2.1
Comparability over time
Length of comparable time series
17
Coherence
17.1
17.2
Cross-domain coherence
Internal coherence
18
19
Administrative burden for respondents (time used by one respondent
to fill in a statistical questionnaire)
Revision of statistical information
19.1
Revision policy
Statistical information is comparable between
administrative units of Lithuania (by the place of
abortion, not by the place of living of women) and EU
countries.
Data is fully comparable over time.
Since 1991, data by age groups – since 2006
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Information is consistent
Administrative burden is not measured by now.
Revisions of statistical indicators are performed in
accordance with The Rules of Statistical Information
Publication and Revision, approved by Order No V-146
of 15 June 2015 of the Director of Institute of Hygiene.
Users are informed about scheduled revisions in advance
through a Calendar of Scheduled Revisions of Statistical
Indicators.
19.2
Revision practice
19.2.1
Average of the change obtained during the
revision
20
Statistical data processing
20.1
Statistical data source
20.2
20.3
Periodicity of statistical data collection
Statistical data collection
20.4
Statistical data validation
20.5
Production of statistical information
20.6
Adjustment
21
Comments, links to related
metadata
Unscheduled revisions are performed when needed and
users are informed immediately.
Provisional and final data is published. Usually absolute
numbers do not change, rates could be slightly different
because of provisional and final number of population
is used.
The difference between provisional and final data is
insignificant.
Annual survey of health care institutions questionnaire
„Yearly report on abortions No 17“
Annual
Written or electronic annual questionnaire are presented
by all health care establishments. Electronic data of
questionnaire is present by e-mail as well.
Data presented for WHO is validated by its experts
before publishing.
Statistical information is produced using methods of
classification, grouping and aggregation.
Methodology
of
survey
is
published
http://www.hi.lt/statistikos-kokybe.html.
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http://sic.hi.lt/kodeks/kokyb_aprasai.doc