The Registrar General’s Department is pleased to present the 2004 Annual Vital Statistics Report to its valued stakeholders. In the Agency’s continued effort to improve upon its delivery of timely and accurate vital statistics, we have included several additional components to the publication which will enhance its assimilation for the reader:

•  Technical notes in respect of Registration procedures
• (By recommendation from the Vital Statistics Commission Audit Team commissioned by Parliament, July 2005)
• New tables as specified in the Overview
• Guide to Tables – which details the data available in each table

We have enjoyed exceptional collaboration with all our interest groups and look forward to continued partnership in the years to come. We are grateful to all those who have participated in respect of these alliances. The Agency is committed to the initiation and support of both national and international objectives which seek to place emphasis on Jamaica’s civil registration and vital statistics systems.


We do indeed aim to satisfy.


Yours sincerely,
Patricia Holness (Dr.)
Chief Executive Officer
Registrar General and Deputy Keeper of the Records