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

Purpose and justification of the indicator

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.

Definition of indicator

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.

Unit of measure

Calculation of the indicator

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<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mo> =</mo><mfrac><mrow><mi> Š</mi><mi> t</mi><mi> e</mi><mi> in</mi><mi> i</mi><mi> l</mi><mi> o</mi><mo></mo><mi> u</mi><mi> m</mi><mi> d</mi><mi> l</mi><mi> i</mi><mi> h</mi><mo></mo><mi> with</mi><mi> a</mi><mi> d</mi><mi> a</mi><mi> d</mi><mi> i</mi><mo></mo><mi> p</mi><mi> l</mi><mi> j</mi><mi> u</mi><mi> no</mi><mi> n</mi><mi> e</mi><mi> Mr</mi><mi> a</mi><mo></mo><mi> d</mi><mi> a</mi><mi> k</mi><msub><mi> a</mi><mrow><mo> (</mo><mn> 0</mn><mo> -</mo><mn> 74</mn><mo></mo><mi> l</mi><mi> e</mi><mi> t</mi><mo> )</mo></mrow></msub></mrow><mrow><mi> Š</mi><mi> t</mi><mi> e</mi><mi> in</mi><mi> i</mi><mi> l</mi><mi> o</mi><mo></mo><mi> p</mi><mi> d</mi><mi> e</mi><mi> b</mi><mi> i</mi><mi> in</mi><mi> a</mi><mi> l</mi><mi> c</mi><mi> e</mi><msub><mi> in</mi><mrow><mo> (</mo><mn> 0</mn><mo> -</mo><mn> 74</mn><mo></mo><mi> l</mi><mi> e</mi><mi> t</mi><mo> )</mo></mrow></msub></mrow></mfrac><mo> ×</mo><mn> 100</mn><mo> .</mo><mn> 000</mn></math> 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

Data on lung cancer mortality are published annually.

Men in literature

<ol><li>National Institute of Public Health ( <a href="http://www.nijz.si/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://www.nijz.si/</a> )</li><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></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 and 2017 publications, mortality is shown by usual residence.

Mortality

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Date of last modification: September 2016

Residents and community

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Date of last change: January 2018

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Date of last change: September 2016

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Date of last change: March 2017

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Date of last modification: September 2016

Health risk factors

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Date of last change: September 2016

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Date of last change: March 2021

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Date of last change: September 2016

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Date of last change: November 2017

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Date of last change: March 2020

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Date of last change: November 2021

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Date of last change: March 2023

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Date of last modification: September 2016

Preventive

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Date of last change: March 2017

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Date of last change: March 2017

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

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Date of last change: March 2021

Health status

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

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Date of last change: September 2016

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Date of last change: September 2016

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Date of last change: March 2019

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Date of last change: September 2016

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Date of last change: October 2019

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

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Date of last change: March 2018

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Date of last change: February 2020

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Date of last change: April 2023

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Date of last change: March 2023

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Date of last change: March 2019

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Date of last change: March 2019

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Date of last change: March 2019