For health agencies like WHO, civil registration systems are the most reliable source of statistics on births and deaths, and causes of death.

对于像世卫组织这样的卫生机构，民事登记系统是最为可靠的出生、死亡和死因统计数据来源。

youdao

The only way to count everyone and to track all births and deaths is through civil registration.

要掌握每个人的情况并且了解所有的出生和死亡数据，唯一的途径就是民事登记。

youdao

Civil registration is the way by which countries keep a continuous and complete record of births, deaths and the marital status of their people.

民事登记是国家对其国民的出生、死亡和婚姻状况保持连续和完整记录的方式。

youdao

Geraldine Lynch (Dumfries) - For services to the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages.

BBC: Famous and not so famous honoured

The biggest impact will be felt at the Home Office, which oversees the registration of marriages, civil partnerships, births and deaths.

BBC: Gay marriage: Eight things for better, for worse

These figures are from the country's Sample Registration System (SRS), a comprehensive monthly survey of 1.5m households on births and deaths.

ECONOMIST: Letters