Mortality related indicators. Crude death rate - definition, worldwide trends and regional variation. Standardized mortality rates. Proportional mortality. Maternal mortality. (1/2)
- Examination of a population’s mortality experience is still a good point in assessing its health
- the basic unit of measurement used in studying mortality in populations is the rate
- rate consist of three components: a numerator – which is the number of people in the population who have died, a denominator – which is the total number of people in the population and the time period during which deaths took place
- use of a rate allows a comparison between different populations, different subgroups within the same population or populations at different times
Crude birth rate:
- simplest form of mortality measure is the crude death rate
- takes the number of deaths in a period (usually a year) and expresses that number per 1 000 population at risk of dying in the middle of the year, using the mid year population
Tendency of Crude death rate in Bulgaria (per 1000 population)
Crude death rate, International comparisons, 2009