Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iranian Journal of Public Health 2251-6085 38 Supple 1 2009 03 15 127 129 N Jafari MJ Kabir ME Motlagh 2015 10 03 Death and disease information are key information in priority setting. Because importance of valid and reliable mortality data, death registration system in I.R.Iran as a multi source registration system was established and improved from 1998. In this system mortality data are collected from hospitals, health houses and health centers, forensic medicine bureau, author­ized cemeteries, civil registration bureau and other probable sources in district and within a defined process data are col­lected in provincial health centers and then in ministry of health. For improvement of registered data some important activi­ties have to done in different level such as continuous education and strengthening intersectoral collaboration. https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/2870