Demografska analiza uticaja zdravstvene zaštite i javnog zdravlja na trendove smrtnosti stanovništva Srbije
Demographic analysis of the impact of health care and public health on mortality trends in the population of Serbia

Author(s): Ivan Ž. Marinković
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Welfare systems, Health and medicine and law, Demography and human biology, Welfare services
Published by: Институт друштвених наука
Keywords: Serbia; Population; Mortality; Causes; Statistics; Demography; health care; public health
Summary/Abstract: Measuring mortality is essential for society, and attempts have been made to monitor the intensity of population mortality for several centuries. Systematic recording and analysis of the causes of death in a population remains one of the most persistent and greatest achievements of public health, starting with the first reports on the death toll due to epidemics and wars, then the establishment of the first statistics in certain countries of Western Europe (during the 16th century), and up to the routine and continuous reporting of deaths by doctors. Today, doctors assess and classify the cause of death in millions of deaths worldwide, codifying the results according to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) system. Mortality statistics are widely used in the analysis of the health situation, as data are usually available for a large number of countries. Mortality-based health status indicators are very useful, despite their limitations, when the aim is to compare different populations, due to differences in the age and sex distribution of the population, the level of health care, or the quality of data. Monitoring specific mortality rates by cause of death is a major component of health surveillance.

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