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Malaysia (JKSM). Meanwhile, Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) is
responsible to process and disseminate vital statistics.

1.3 Governance of CRVS in Malaysia
Main National CRVS Stakeholders in Malaysia are Ministry of Home Affairs
(MOHA), Ministry of Health (MOH), National Registration Department (NRD)
and Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM), 14 states religious department,
JAKIM and JKSM.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA) has commissioned two committees
for the implementation of CRVS in Malaysia, namely the Steering Committee
and the Technical Committee. The Steering Committee is responsible to
approve the plans, monitors the progress of the implementation of measures,
to assess performance targets (goals and targets) and confirmed reports of
CRVS activities in Malaysia. The Steering Committee is chaired by the Secretary
General of MOHA.
Meanwhile, the Technical Committee is responsible for submitting the
plans, suggesting performance targets (goals and targets) and to submit
reports on the implementation CRVS activities in Malaysia. The Technical
Committee will be chaired by the Director General of NRD. As for vital
statistics, DOSM is responsible to compile, analyse and disseminate the
statistics to public. There are three working groups in DOSM which established
to ensure the quality of vital statistics is in line with international standard. The
working groups are namely Technical Working Group (TWG), Inter-agency
Planning Group (IAPG) and DOSM’s Publication Committee.

2. Recent Monitoring and Assessment Exercises
2.1 Assessment on coverage
The assessment study for coverage of birth registration has shown more
than 90 per cent complete for Peninsular Malaysia from the 1960s. This
comparison has been made between the number of births registered with the
number of children as well as estimates of fertility from censuses have
indicates that the birth registration is virtually complete. Assessment of death
registration coverage was made during the preparation of life tables for
Peninsular Malaysia showed no major problems in under registration of deaths
except perhaps a very small amount of under registration at old ages.
In 2016, the Department of Statistics Malaysia once again conducts an
assessment review for birth registration and death coverage using data 2014.
The study found that birth registration coverage rates for all states in Malaysia
exceeded 95 per cent. The highest rate was recorded by Selangor of 99.0 per
cent while the lowest rate was recorded by Sabah (95.4%).

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