Overview
Type of information
Registry data
URL of the data source
Description
The Register contains information on newborns and their birth conditions. There are included data on all newborns born in medical institutions in Latvia and as well as out-of-hospital (including planned home births), in accordance with Cabinet of Ministers Regulation No. 328 "Medical Birth Register regulations".
Governance and legal framework
Cabinet of Ministers Regulation No. 328 "Medical Birth Register regulations"
https://likumi.lv/ta/id/299647-jaundzimuso-registra-noteikumi
Funding
State funding
Free keywords
Perinatal data
newborn
abortion
Childbirth
Obstetrics
Caesarean births
Birth weight
Live births
Still births
smoking
Birth complications
Topics
Health status » Mortality » Maternal, perinatal and newborn mortality
Demographics
Country(ies):
GEO coverage
Nuts 3
Target Population
Specific groups
Sex
Both
Dataset
Data Collection Period
From 01 January 2000 - Ongoing
Language(s)
Latvian
Updating Periodicity
Daily
Personal Identifier
National identifier
Level of aggregation
Individual
Terms of data access
Official statistics is available on the online database (without restrictions) at https://statistika.spkc.gov.lv/pxweb/en/
Special data requests should be sent by email at pasts@spkc.gov.lv
Linkage possible
Yes
Contact
Data Owner(s)
Centre fo Disease Prevention and Control of Latvia (CDPC) - Slimību profilakses un kontroles centrs (SPKC)
Contact name
Janis Misins
Contact e-mail
janis.misins@spkc.gov.lv
Contact info (address)
22 Duntes street, c-5, Riga, Latvia, LV 1005
Updated on 17 January 2023