Prepared by: Victoria Zakrajšek, Tatjana Kofol Bric 
Date of last change: March 2019

Purpose and justification of the indicator

Mortality is an indirect indicator of the general good or bad state of health in society. Data on deaths reflect the number, distribution and structure of the most serious diseases among the population. They are used to assess the state of health, efficiently distribute material and human resources within the health sector, plan prevention, health care and evaluate activities.

Definition of indicator

The overall mortality rate describes the mortality, regardless of the cause of death, in the entire population per 100,000 inhabitants in an observed calendar year.
An age-standardized rate is calculated, which enables mutual comparison of populations with different age structures.
Unlike the standard calculation of mortality by usual place of residence, for the purpose of display in Health in the municipalities, the municipality of the last permanent residence is taken into account. If there is no permanent residence in the official records, the last temporary residence is taken into account.

Unit of measure

Calculation of the indicator

The standardized death rate is the ratio between the number of deaths in the observed calendar year and the number of all inhabitants in the middle of the same year, multiplied by 100,000.
General mortality
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The direct standardization method is used to calculate the age-standardized rate, where the Slovenian population from 2014 is used as the standard population.
The publications show the average of several consecutive years.

Data sources for Slovenia

Death Database, National Institute of Public Health.
Population, Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia.

Time availability

Mortality data are published annually.

Men in literature

<ol>
<li>Health for All Database (<a href="http://data.euro.who.int/hfadb/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://data.euro.who.int/hfadb/</a>)</li>
<li>Eurostat (<a href="http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat</a>)&nbsp;</li>
</ol>

Notes

The deceased are classified by municipality according to their last place of permanent residence. If there is no permanent residence, they are classified by temporary residence. This is to a large extent correcting the impact on mortality by municipality that the registration of temporary residence in the period before death at the temporary address of the Home for the Elderly in another municipality has.
In the 2016, 2017 and 2018 releases, mortality is shown by usual residence and is not comparable with later releases.

Mortality

Prepared by: Metka Zaletel 
Date of last modification: September 2016

Residents and community

Prepared by: Mojca Simončič and Metka Zaletel 
Date of last change: January 2018

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Date of last change: September 2016

Prepared by: Mojca Simončič 
Date of last change: March 2017

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Date of last modification: September 2016

Health risk factors

Prepared by: Gregor Starc, Kristina Orožen 
Date of last change: September 2016

Prepared by: Tina Lesnik 
Date of last change: March 2021

Prepared by: Andreja Belščak 
Date of last change: September 2016

Prepared by: Mateja Rok Simon and Tina Zupanič 
Date of last change: March 2017

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Date of last modification: March 2019

Prepared by: Victoria Zakrajšek 
Date of last change: March 2021

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Date of last change: November 2017

Prepared by: Jasmina Staroveški Anderlič 
Date of last change: March 2020

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Date of last change: November 2021

Prepared by: Victoria Zakrajšek 
Date of last change: March 2023

Prepared by: Tatjana Kofol Bric 
Date of last modification: September 2016

Preventive

Prepared by: Victoria Zakrajšek and Sonja Tomšič 
Date of last change: March 2017

Prepared by: Bonia Miljavac 
Date of last change: March 2017

Prepared by: Sonja Tomšič 
Date of last change: November 2019

Prepared by: Sonja Tomšič 
Date of last change: March 2021

Health status

Prepared by: Victoria Zakrajšek 
Date of last change: March 2017

Prepared by: Aleš Korošec 
Date of last change: September 2016

Prepared by: Aleš Korošec
Date of last change: September 2016

Prepared by: Tatjana Kofol Bric 
Date of last change: March 2019

Prepared by: Aleš Korošec and Sonja Tomšič 
Date of last change: September 2016

Prepared by: Mojca Simončič and Metka Zaletel 
Date of last change: October 2019

Prepared by: Kristina Orožen 
Date of last change: March 2019

Prepared by: Tatjana Kofol Bric, Jona Bambič 
Date of last change: March 2018

Prepared by: Victoria Zakrajšek, Tatjana Kofol Bric 
Date of last change: February 2020

Prepared by: Ema Ahačič 
Date of last change: April 2023

Prepared by: Ema Ahačič 
Date of last change: March 2023

Prepared by: Sonja Tomšič, Tatjana Kofol Bric 
Date of last change: March 2019

Prepared by: Sonja Tomšič 
Date of last change: March 2019

Prepared by: Tina Lesnik 
Date of last change: March 2019

Prepared by: Tina Lesnik 
Date of last change: March 2020