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Mortality rate represents a number of deaths on a particular territory per time unit. There are general and specific mortalities.
The aims at analysing the characteristics of mortality in Sumadija District for the time period ranging from 2010 – 2017.
The study includes all death cases in the District of Sumadija in period 2010-2017, 34681 cases. The data are described and analysed with χ² test and linear trend.
The trend analysis does not indicate any significant variations during the given time span. The gender analysis reveals that there is a significantly higher number of deceased persons among male population (52.2%, 47.8%, р&lt;0.05). The average age of the deceased females (76.2±13.4) was higher than the average age of males (73.8±14.1) (р&lt;0.05). The cause-specific analysis shows that natural causes of death dominate absolutely (96.5%) over violent deaths (2.7%) and undetermined causes (0.8%). The distribution of death causes according to ICD 10 shows that the most frequent causes of death are heart and blood vessel diseases, respiratory and neoplasm diseases.
The life expectancy of the inhabitants of Sumadija District is increasing over time. There was a slight decrease in the mortality rates during the observed time period. The highest number of the deceased people is 65 or more years old. Men have higher mortality rates throughout their lives. Natural death and non-communicable diseases are dominant. The most common causes of death are heart and blood vessels diseases, in women, and respiratory and neoplasm diseases, in men.
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Mortality rate represents a number of deaths on a particular territory per time unit. There are general and specific mortalities.
The aims at analysing the characteristics of mortality in Sumadija District for the time period ranging from 2010 – 2017.
The study includes all death cases in the District of Sumadija in period 2010-2017, 34681 cases. The data are described and analysed with χ² test and linear trend.
The trend analysis does not indicate any significant variations during the given time span. The gender analysis reveals that there is a significantly higher number of deceased persons among male population (52.2%, 47.8%, р<0.05). The average age of the deceased females (76.2±13.4) was higher than the average age of males (73.8±14.1) (р<0.05). The cause-specific analysis shows that natural causes of death dominate absolutely (96.5%) over violent deaths (2.7%) and undetermined causes (0.8%). The distribution of death causes according to ICD 10 shows that the most frequent causes of death are heart and blood vessel diseases, respiratory and neoplasm diseases.
The life expectancy of the inhabitants of Sumadija District is increasing over time. There was a slight decrease in the mortality rates during the observed time period. The highest number of the deceased people is 65 or more years old. Men have higher mortality rates throughout their lives. Natural death and non-communicable diseases are dominant. The most common causes of death are heart and blood vessels diseases, in women, and respiratory and neoplasm diseases, in men.

Mortality Characteristics in Sumadija District from 2010 – 2017

Department of Biostatistics and Informatics

Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Medical statistics and informatics

Faculty of Dental Medicine, Department of Medical Statistics and Informatics

Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Social medicine

Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Dermatovenerology

University of Priština - Kosovska Mitrovica

Experimental and Applied Biomedical Research (EABR)

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Mortality rate represents a number of deaths on a particular territory per time unit. There are general and specific mortalities.
The aims at analysing the...

Mortality Characteristics in Sumadija District from 2010 – 2017

Published Online: May 29, 2021

Page range: 37 - 41

Received: Oct 10, 2018

Accepted: Nov 18, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjecr-2018-0058

Keywords
mortality, death causes, gender-specific mortality, Sumadija District

© 2020 Natasa Mihailovic et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Mortality Characteristics in Sumadija District from 2010 – 2017

Published Online: May 29, 2021

Page range: 37 - 41

Received: Oct 10, 2018

Accepted: Nov 18, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjecr-2018-0058

Keywordsmortality, death causes, gender-specific mortality, Sumadija District

© 2020 Natasa Mihailovic et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
mortality, death causes, gender-specific mortality, Sumadija District