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The computerization of civil registration will broaden the uses that can be made of the civil registration system. The Handbook on Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems: Computerization describes the activities that countries should carry-out to tailor their own civil registration system to their specific historical, demographic, legal and administrative conditions at the time of computerization of such a complex system. It examines the framework, goals and purposes of the computerization of civil registration, looks at the interface between civil registration, the vital statistics system and other governmental agencies, as well as enumerates some of the major decisions and problem areas that can be anticipated in a move to computerization.