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The registration of births and deaths Act, 1969 and the Mizoram registration of births and deaths Rules 1978 framed under the act came into force in the state with effect from 1.7.1985. The whole of the state of Mizoram is covered by 843 registrations of births and deaths whose jurisdictions are specially defined. These Registrars of births and deaths submit monthly returns directly to the office of the Additional Chief Registrars of births and deaths. Statistics on the number of births and deaths and medical cause of death are imperative for decision-making in health. The inadequacy of the CRS (Civil Registration System) to record births, deaths and the causes of death in the country leaving the countries powerless to track and protect the well-being of their populations. The average over all birth rate of Mizoram during these ten years (2010-2019) was 20.86 and the average overall birth rate of the state during the first five years (2010-2014) were calculated at 22.3 while the last five years birth rate were calculated at 19.4 which was 13 percent declined from the first five years birth rate. While the average combines death rate of Mizoram was measured at 5.3 per thousand and at the same time all India death rate was calculated at 6.66 per thousand during the same periods