K5.6 Lung cancer mortality (0-74 years)

Lung cancer mortality rate before age 75

Lung cancer is linked to tobacco smoking in 90% of cases. Smoking is one of the most preventable risk factors. It causes many diseases that reduce the quality of life and lifespan and is the main risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer and others.

Smoking habits develop early, so prevention of smoking initiation through measures at the individual and system level is crucial. Proven effective measures are also financial measures in the area of taxation and the creation of environments that will limit the accessibility of tobacco products and their advertising.

The lung cancer mortality rate describes the mortality from lung cancer before the age of 75 per 100,000 population in the observed calendar year.

An age-standardized rate is calculated, which enables mutual comparison of populations with different age structures.

Rate per 100,000 inhabitants.

The standardized mortality rate from lung cancer is the ratio between the number of deaths from lung cancer before the age of 75 in the observed calendar year and the number of inhabitants aged 0 to 74 inclusive in the middle of the same year, multiplied by 100,000.

The disease categories according to the ICD-10 classification, which are included in the calculation, are C33 and C34.

Mortality from lung cancer

$=\frac{Šte\mathrm{in}iloumdlih\mathrm{with}adadiplju\mathrm{no}ne\mathrm{Mr}adak{a}_{(0-74let)}}{Šte\mathrm{in}ilopdebi\mathrm{in}alce{\mathrm{in}}_{(0-74let)}}\times 100.000$

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.

Death Database, National Institute of Public Health.

Population, Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia.

Data on lung cancer mortality are published annually.

1. National Institute of Public Health ( http://www.nijz.si/ )
2. Health for All Database ( http://data.euro.who.int/hfadb/ )

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 and 2017 publications, mortality is shown by usual residence.