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Mortality Data
This website provides information on levels of mortality and causes of death
LEVELS OF MORTALITY
Life Tables Online Database
To assess the overall levels of health achievement, it is crucial to develop the best possible assessment of the life table for each country.
Estimates of child and adult mortality and life expectancy at birth by country
Derived from the life tables and published in the annual editions of the World Health Report since 2000.
Modified Logit Life Table System
The Modified Logit model life table system is a 2-parameter system based on the Brass logit model and using a global standard.
Child mortality
Under-5 mortality rate is a leading indicator of the level of child health and overall development in countries. It is also a MDG indicator.
WHO MORTALITY DATABASE
Reported deaths by cause
Provides annual reported data on mortality statistics by age, sex, and cause of death as obtained from civil registration systems in countries.
About the data
Sources of data, definition of "underlying cause of death", cause-of-death classification
Tables
Causes of death by country, year, sex, cause and age group. Number of registered deaths, infant deaths, estimated completeness and coverage of mortality data for latest year
Completeness, coverage and quality assessment of death registration data
Provides estimated levels of completeness and coverage of reported data and assesses the quality of cause-of-death data from countries.
Completeness and Coverage
Estimates of the levels of completeness and coverage of reported data for latest available year
Quality assessment of the cause-of-death data [pdf 218kb]
Counting the dead and what they died from
WHO ESTIMATED DEATHS BY CAUSE
Estimates of deaths by cause
World Health Report 1999-2005 editions (annex tables)
Methods for estimating causes of death
2005 WHR statistical annex explanatory notes, global burden of disease in 2002: data sources, methods and results
VERBAL AUTOPSY AS AN ALTERNATIVE MEASURE TO ASCERTAIN CAUSES OF DEATH
Report of the WHO Technical Consultation on Verbal Autopsy Tools [pdf 395kb]
A method to ascertain a probable cause of death by interviewing the relatives of the deceased.
OTHER INFORMATION
Bulletin on Child Mortality Decline, N° 10, 2000
About the International statistical classification of diseases and related health problems, 10th revision (ICD-10)
ICD-10 was endorsed by the Forty-third World Health Assembly in May 1990...
ICD-10 Online
Tabular List of inclusions and four-character subcategories
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