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14.4 BIRTH REGISTRATIONThe GOK issues birth certificates and registers births in order to track growth and decline in thepopulation. Birth certificates are more common at some types of health facilities, such as hospitals,than other facilities, such as health centres. Not all births registered with the civil authorities arealso issued a birth certificate. When large proportions of births are not officially recorded,planning for public services, such as education and health care, becomes a substantial challenge.Figure 14.4a Children under five years of age who were issued a birth certificate orregistered with the civil authority, by province, <strong>Kenya</strong> <strong>2007</strong>.TotalRural62.660.5UrbanNairobi72.874.3Central83.8Coast75.5Eastern69.5NE27.2NyanzaRift Valley54.454.4Western61.00 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100Percent of children under age 5 with birth certificate or registered birth (%)Figure 14.4a A significantly higher percent of children under five years of age in urbanareas had a birth certificate or birth registration compared to children in rural areas.The <strong>2007</strong> <strong>KAIS</strong> asked household heads to report whether household members aged 0‐4 years had abirth certificate or had their birth registered with the civil authorities. In rural areas, 60.5% ofchildren under the age of five years had a recorded birth while the percent was significantlyhigher in urban areas at 72.8%. Central province had the highest percent of recorded births(83.8%), while in North Eastern province, only 27.2% of births were recorded. Nyanza, Rift Valleyand Western provinces also had rates of recording births that were lower than the nationalestimate (54.4%‐61.0%).<strong>KAIS</strong> <strong>2007</strong> 246

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