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Title	What are vital statistics?
Date	2015-12-15
Vital statistics in Korea collect and aggregate vital events such as births, deaths, marriages and divorces that are reported to the authorities in accordance with legal provisions on registration of family relations. The number of marriage and divorce cases are counted based on the year they are reported while births and deaths are counted based on the year of occurrence.