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Violent deaths


Statistical survey for deaths provide data for deaths according to type and cause of death and by several demographic, economic, social and other topics.

Scope

Statistics of deaths comprise all cases of violent death.

Sourse of data

In accordance with the Law on Civil registration, the reporting units are Registrar Offices responsible for Registrar books of deaths - Ministry of Justice - Department for Civil registration.

Definitions

A deceased person is every live birth person that showed permanent disappearance of all evidence of vital functions.

Violent deaths: includes accidents, suicides and homicides.

External Cause of Death (With Accidents) - the data on accidents (injury/ injuries caused by external facts such as car accident, falling, drowning etc.) by this topic were classified in accordance with International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision (ICD-X).

Suicides and Homicides - depending on each particular external cause, data on suicides and homicides are grouped according to the kind of weapon used i.e. the way(s) or the means by which the suicide or the homicide has been committed. And then used the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision (ICD-X).



Last updated: 11.02.2011


   

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