Back to top
Eurostat logo
National reference metadata Information message

Croatia

Reference metadata describe statistical concepts and methodologies used for the collection and generation of data. They provide information on data quality and, since they are strongly content-oriented, assist users in interpreting the data. Reference metadata, unlike structural metadata, can be decoupled from the data.

For more information, please consult our metadata website section.

Close

Causes of death (hlth_cdeath)

DownloadPrint

National Reference Metadata in Single Integrated Metadata Structure (SIMS)

Compiling agency: Croatian Institute of Public Health Croatian Bureau of Statistics

Need help? Contact the Eurostat user support

Data on causes of death (CoD) provide information on mortality patterns and form a major element of public health information.

CoD data refer to the underlying cause which - according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) - is "the disease or injury which initiated the train of morbid events leading directly to death, or the circumstances of the accident or violence which produced the fatal injury".

CoD data are derived from death certificates. The information provided in the medical certificate of cause of death is mapped to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD).

COD data are derived from death certificates and coding the underlying cause of death is in according to the rules specified in the ICD.

Data are broken down by sex, 5-year age groups, cause of death and by residency and country of occurrence. For stillbirths and neonatal deaths additional breakdows might include age of mother.

Annual national data are provided in absolute number, crude death rates at NUTS level 1, 2 and 3.

Death and cause of death are determined by the appointed coroner, who, then, fills out a DC and delivers them to the civil registry. The registrar uses this to record deaths into the Register of Deaths and fills out a statistical death report (DEM-2 form), which includes a DC, sent by the county statistics office. CBS collects DEM-2 forms on a monthly basis from all county offices and keeps their records. Pursuant to an agreement with the CBS, the CNIPH is responsible for the quality of data on the causes of death and performs tasks of determining and coding underlying causes of death. The coding is done centrally and manually, by employing the ICD-10 and Volume II coding rules. In Croatia, the ICD-10 has been applied since 1995, while update ICD-10 was introduced in mortality statistics in 2005. Aiming at quality mortality data, the CNIPH cooperates with all County institutes of public health (CIPHs), Forensic institutes and toxicological labs. Data missing from DCs are collected by employees of CIPHs based on a copy of the DC with a precise request.

27 November 2023

Concepts and definitions are described in the Commission regulation (EU) No 328/2011 in articles 2 and 3.

The statistical units are the deceased persons and the stillborns.

All registered deaths and stillbirths occurring in Croatia.

Data are available at national and regional level of geographical detail. 

Data refer to the calendar year (i.e. all deaths occurring during the year).

The COD have a high accuracy.

The EDIt validation tool for causes of death used before sending data to Eurostat.

The unit is number.

The data are published in absolute numbers, crude death rate and standardised death rate.

After the data on deaths has been collected on the forms and submitted to the Croatian Bureau of Statistics, begins the processing of the collected data. First is done coding and data entry, then data verification and all the logical and computational controls of data.

Data source for deaths are registers of death kept in registrars' offices of every particular area. Data on deaths ared collected through the Statistical Report on Deaths (DEM-2 form) for each recording in the state registers of deaths.

 

Annual.

Year Number of months between the end of the reference year and the publication at national level
2011  10
2012  10
2013  10
2014  10
2015  10
2016  10
2017  10
2018  10
2019  10
2020  10
2021  10
2022  10

Croatia can submit the causes of death data without delay.

 

Statistics are comparable between geographical areas.

Data on deaths are collected and processed in line with the Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European demographic statistics.

Data on deaths have been collected and processed in line with the definition of the usual residence since 1998. Until 1997, data on deaths were processed according to a deceased person's permanent residence.