1.1. Contact organisation
National Agency for Public Health (NAPH), Republic of Moldova
1.2. Contact organisation unit
Health Statistical Data Directorate
1.3. Contact name
Confidential because of GDPR
1.4. Contact person function
Confidential because of GDPR
1.5. Contact mail address
3 Alexandru Cosmescu Str, MD-2009, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
1.6. Contact email address
Confidential because of GDPR
1.7. Contact phone number
Confidential because of GDPR
1.8. Contact fax number
Confidential because of GDPR
2.1. Metadata last certified
21 October 2025
2.2. Metadata last posted
21 October 2025
2.3. Metadata last update
21 October 2025
3.1. Data description
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 medical death certificates. The information recorded in the medical death certificate complies with the norms specified by the WHO and is coded according to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10).
3.2. Classification system
Eurostat's CoD statistics build on standards set out by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD).
The regional breakdown is based on the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS 2).
Classification and updates applied by years
Statistics on causes of death are based on the standards set by the WHO in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD). International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) . The regional breakdown according to the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS 2) does not apply in the Republic of Moldova.
| Data year | ICD classification used (ICD-9, ICD-10) (3 or 4 chars) | For ICD-10: updates used |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | ICD-10 | Not applicable |
| 2012 | ICD-10 | Not applicable |
| 2013 | ICD-10 | Not applicable |
| 2014 | ICD-10 | Not applicable |
| 2015 | ICD-10 | Not applicable |
| 2016 | ICD-10 | Not applicable |
| 2017 | ICD-10 | Not applicable |
| 2018 | ICD-10 | Not applicable |
| 2019 | ICD-10 | Not applicable |
| 2020 | ICD-10 | Not applicable |
| 2021 | ICD-10 | Not applicable |
3.3. Coverage - sector
Public health.
3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions
Concepts and definitions are described in the Commission regulation (EU) No 328/2011 in articles 2 and 3.
3.4.1. National definition used for usual residency
For the collection of CoD data, the following definition of "resident" is used: "usual resident" in the place where a person normally spends his daily rest period, regardless of temporary absences for recreational purposes, holidays, visits to friends and relatives, business, medical treatment or religious pilgrimage.
3.4.2. Stillbirth definition and characteristics collected
Stillbirth (dead fetus, stillborn, dead newborn) – fetal death occurring intrauterine antepartum (before the start of labor), intrapartum (in labor) including assisted birth and intracesarian (during cesarean section) until the fetus is completely expelled or extracted, regardless of the duration of pregnancy, being non-viable (lacking cardiac-circulatory, respiratory, cerebral impulse, etc.) assessed by Apgar with "0" in the first minutes after birth, including with a macerated, mummified, normotrophic or hypotrophic status .
The characteristics collected are: gestational age, parity.
3.5. Statistical unit
The statistical units are the deceased persons and the stillborns, respectively.
The statistical unit is the deceased person or stillborn children are those who died in the Republic of Moldova and whose deaths were registered by the Public Services Agency (PSA).
3.6. Statistical population
The statistical population is the population of the country, including both residents and non-residents.
3.6.1. Neonates of non-resident mothers
Newborns of non-resident mothers are not considered residents.
3.6.2. Non-residents
Microdata CoDs transmitted to Eurostat refer to the deaths of persons with usual residence in the Republic of Moldova and to those of non-residents who died in the Republic of Moldova.
3.6.3. Residents dying abroad
Deaths of citizens of the Republic of Moldova who have permanent residence in Moldova but habitual residence abroad are included in national statistics. The cause of death is coded according to the disease stipulated in the medical certificate of death received from abroad.
3.7. Reference area
The area covered by the collection of statistical data on deaths includes all deaths occurring throughout the territory of the Republic of Moldova, including deaths of Moldovan residents with Moldovan citizenship, occurring abroad and whose death certificates were transcribed in the Civil Status registers of Moldova, excluding data from localities on the left bank of the Nistru River and the municipality of Bender.
3.8. Coverage - Time
Time series available starting from 1991. Transmission to Eurostat starting from 2022.
3.9. Base period
Not applicable.
The unit is the absolute number.
CoD data refers to calendar year 2022.
6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements
CoD data was submitted to Eurostat on the basis of a gentleman's agreement established in the framework Eurostat's Working Group on "Public Health Statistics" until data with reference year 2010.
A Regulation on Community statistics on public health and health and safety at work (EC) No 1338/2008 was signed by the European Parliament and the Council on 16 December 2008. This Regulation is the framework of the data collection on the domain.
Within the context of this framework Regulation, a Regulation on Community statistics on public health and health and safety at work, as regards statistics on causes of death (EU) No 328/2011 was signed by the European Parliament and the Council on 5 April 2011.
CoD data according to this regulation is submitted to Eurostat since reference year 2011.
CoD data is transmic by Eurostat based on the agreement established within the Eurostat Working Group on "Public Health Statistics" starting with the reference year 2022, in accordance with Regulation (EU) No. 328/2011.
Legislation National level:
- Law No. 93 of 26 May 2017, “On official statistics”, regulates the organization and functioning of the official statistics system and establishes the legal framework for the development, production, dissemination and coordination of official statistics.
- Law no. 411 of 28 March 1995, on health protection.
- Law no. 100-XV of 26 April 2001, “On civil status documents and the manner of their registration”.
- Law no. 133 of 08 July 2011, on the protection of personal data.
- Joint Order of the Ministry of Health, the Department of Information Technologies, the Department of Statistics and Sociology of the Republic of Moldova no. 132/47/50 of 29. April 2004, “On the approval of the medical certificate of death (form no. 106/e), the medical certificate of death in the perinatal period (form no. 106-2/e), the registers and regulations on the manner of their completion and issuance”.
- Order of the Ministry of Health No. 452 of 07 December 2007 “On measures to strengthen the perinatal service in connection with the transition to the registration of live newborns and deaths from gestational age 22 weeks and birth weight 500 g".
- Joint Order of the Ministry of Health, the Department of Information Technologies, the Department of Statistics and Sociology of the Republic of Moldova no. 455/137/131 of 10 December 2007, “On the implementation of European standards and criteria regarding the registration in official state statistics of births and newborns weighing from 500 gr. and from 22 weeks”.
- Order of the Ministry of Health no. 627/2013 on the operational registration of infant mortality.
Order of the Ministry of Health no. 143/2021 regarding some measures to improve the management of death cases.
6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing
NAPH is the institution responsible for collecting, processing data as well as coding according to the nomenclature of territorial units and coding according to ICD -10. CoD data is shared with Eurostat, WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, national health institutions, scientific research institutes, the media and the general public.
It is possible to disseminate annual data in the form of individual data or any selected correlations, while respecting statistical confidentiality in accordance with the provisions of Law No. 93 of 26 May 2017, “On official statistics”.
7.1. Confidentiality - policy
Law no. 93 of 26 May 2017, “On official statistics”.
Law no. 133 of 08 July 2011, on the protection of personal data
7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment
Ensuring data confidentiality begins with collection and continues through dissemination.
All microdata sent to Eurostat are encrypted for personal identification purposes.
We do not provide medical data along with your name or identification number.
Law no. 93 of 26 May 2017, “On official statistics”.
Law no. 133 of 08 July 2011, on the protection of personal data
8.1. Release calendar
Not applicable.
8.2. Release calendar access
Not applicable.
8.3. Release policy - user access
Not applicable.
Annual.
10.1. Dissemination format - News release
Not applicable.
10.2. Dissemination format - Publications
Statistical Yearbook Public Health in the Republic of Moldova containing statistics on CoD - Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Moldova, editions 2002-2024
10.3. Dissemination format - online database
Not applicable.
10.3.1. Data tables - consultations
Not applicable.
10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access
Upon request, access to anonymized microdata is provided to scientific and research institutions. Access to anonymized microdata is made based on a request addressed to NAPH, in accordance with national legislation. Dissemination of statistical data is carried out in accordance with the rules of confidentiality of statistical data.
10.5. Dissemination format - other
Not applicable.
10.5.1. Metadata - consultations
Not applicable.
10.6. Documentation on methodology
Not applicable.
10.6.1. Metadata completeness - rate
Not applicable.
10.7. Quality management - documentation
Not applicable.
12.1. Relevance - User Needs
Demographic statistics on CoD are required for the following purposes:
- Monitoring CoD over time;
- Preparation of national, regional and local statistics relating to CoD ;
- Research;
- Planning, quality assurance and quality improvement in health and care services.
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction
Not applicable.
12.3. Completeness
All required variables are available.
12.3.1. Data completeness - rate
1. For mandatory variables: - Provided
2. For voluntary variables: - Provided
3. For additional variables: - Provided
- External CoD - Provided;
- Place of occurrence for external CoD - Provided;
- Activity for external CoD - Provided.
13.1. Accuracy - overall
Not applicable.
13.2. Sampling error
Not applicable. Data collection is from administrative sources.
13.2.1. Sampling error - indicators
Not applicable.
13.3. Non-sampling error
Not applicable.
13.3.1. Coverage error
Not applicable.
13.3.1.1. Over-coverage - rate
Not applicable.
13.3.1.2. Common units - proportion
Not applicable. Data collection is from administrative sources.
13.3.2. Measurement error
Not applicable.
13.3.3. Non response error
Not applicable.
13.3.3.1. Unit non-response - rate
Not applicable.
13.3.3.2. Item non-response - rate
Not applicable.
13.3.4. Processing error
Not applicable.
13.3.5. Model assumption error
Not applicable.
14.1. Timeliness
| Year | Number of months between the end of the reference year and the publication at national level |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Not applicable. |
| 2012 | Not applicable. |
| 2013 | Not applicable. |
| 2014 | Not applicable. |
| 2015 | Not applicable. |
| 2016 | Not applicable. |
| 2017 | Not applicable. |
| 2018 | Not applicable. |
| 2019 | Not applicable. |
| 2020 | Not applicable. |
| 2021 | Not applicable. |
The Republic of Moldova, as a candidate country for the European Union, has started transmitting data on Causes of Death to Eurostat for the reference year 2022, which were published on October 10, 2025. Although minor corrections may be made later due to delayed certificates, this is also considered the final and complete result.
14.1.1. Time lag - first result
Not applicable.
14.1.2. Time lag - final result
Not applicable.
14.2. Punctuality
Eurostat requires the transmission of final data for year N within N+24 months for data collections starting with the reference year 2022, in accordance with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) no. 328/2011
14.2.1. Punctuality - delivery and publication
| Reference year | Time between the end of the reference year and the delivery of final data to Eurostat |
|---|---|
| 2012 | Not applicable. |
| 2013 | Not applicable. |
| 2014 | Not applicable. |
| 2015 | Not applicable. |
| 2016 | Not applicable. |
| 2017 | Not applicable. |
| 2018 | Not applicable. |
| 2019 | Not applicable. |
| 2020 | Not applicable. |
| 2021 | Not applicable. |
| 2022 | Data for RY2022 (COD_SBN_A_MD_2022 and COD_GEN_A_MD_2022) were transmitted for the first time in the second half of 2025. |
15.1. Comparability - geographical
The data are comparable for all territorial regions of the country (except Transnistria). The process of data collection, coding and transmission is the same for all regions of the country.
15.1.1. Asymmetry for mirror flow statistics - coefficient
Not applicable.
15.2. Comparability - over time
The Republic of Moldova used the following classifications of diseases according to WHO:
- ICD 8 during the 1970s-1980s;
- ICD 9 during the period 1990-1995;
- ICD 10 since 1996, according to Order no. 381 of 24 August 1995 on the introduction and use of the WHO ICD-10 in the Republic of Moldova.
15.2.1. Length of comparable time series
2014-2024
15.3. Coherence - cross domain
Death statistics are the only source of data showing the number and structure of deaths in the Republic of Moldova, according to the medical certificate of death.
15.3.1. Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics
Not applicable, only annual CoD data are designated.
15.3.2. Coherence - National Accounts
Not applicable.
15.4. Coherence - internal
There is a small difference in the total number of deaths between the NBS and the NAPH. The NBS records deaths according to the date of the event, but the NAPH according to the date of registration of the death certificate at the PSA.
One of the main expenses is medical certificates confirming death, printed annually in a number that corresponds to the events forecasted for the following year.
17.1. Data revision - policy
Not applicable.
17.2. Data revision - practice
The published official statistics on causes of death are not modified, unless errors are detected in the production process. However, the CoD database is updated based on medical certificates of death registered late, in particular for persons registered as unknown and subsequently assigned an identity (according to the decision of the law enforcement agencies). This update takes place within N+12 months of the reference year.
17.2.1. Data revision - average size
Not applicable.
18.1. Source data
The data source is local death registers at the level of healthcare institutions (with a retention period of 75 years).
The collection of national statistical data is carried out through the following forms:
- Form no. 106/e – medical certificate of death
- Form no. 106-2/e – medical certificate confirming death in the perinatal period.
- Birth statistical form.
Birth certificate.
18.2. Frequency of data collection
Data is collected monthly from the medical certificate confirming the death registered at the PSA.
18.3. Data collection
The forms for the death certificate have been revised several times, but the changes are not radical. Statistical data are collected in accordance with the Joint Order of the Ministry of Health, the Department of Information Technologies, the Department of Statistics and Sociology of the Republic of Moldova No. 132/47/50 of 29 April 2004, “On the approval of the medical certificate of death (form no. 106/e), the medical certificate of death in the perinatal period (form no. 106-2/e), the registers and regulations on the manner of their completion and issuance”. Information on the compilation and coding of causes of death is available at Quality in statistics
18.3.1. Certification
Table on certification (Percentage)
The medical certificate of death consists of two parts:
- The medical certificate issuance notice, which is completed in all cases and contains the following information:
- The actual medical certificate - contains all information about the deceased, including the direct, antecedent, main cause, and other morbid conditions.
The medical certificate of death is completed by the certifiers – family doctor, attending physician, on-call physician, morphopathologist and forensic physician who ascertained the death, who lists the CoD (main and other morbid conditions existing at the time of death and which negatively influenced the course of the main disease), the approximate time interval from the onset of the disease to death and hands it to the close relative or authorized person. The latter then takes the death certificate to the ASP, where the death certificate is issued. The declaration of death is made no later than 72 hours from the moment of death or discovery of the body and is carried out according to the place of residence or place of death.
The death is registered under:
- Medical certificate confirming death;
- The document issued by the competent bodies;
- Court decision ascertaining or declaring death.
In the case of an unidentified body, the death is registered on the basis of the documents provided by law, as well as the report drawn up by the doctor indicating the age, sex, place of finding the body, date and cause of death. If the death of a child whose birth was not declared within the time limits provided by law is declared, the civil status authority will initially draw up the birth certificate, and then the death certificate. The training of doctors on the certification of causes of death begins in the medical faculty and is provided within the "Higher Education Program" of the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy. Medical personnel also participate in periodic training courses.
| Year |
All doctors (certifiers) trained in the certification | All doctors (certifiers - pathologists or others doctors) trained in the post-mortem examination (autopsies) | Certificates filled by persons who attended a course on certification or post-mortem examination | Death certificates that are queried (only queries related to medical part of the death certificate should be included) | Replies received for queries sent | Deaths where the underlying cause is changed as a result of the query | Death certificates with incorrect sequence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| 2013 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| 2014 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| 2015 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| 2016 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| 2017 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| 2018 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| 2019 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| 2020 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| 2021 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not available | Not available | Not available | Not available |
| 2022 | 100% | 100% | 100% | Not available | Not available | Not avalable | Not available |
18.3.2. Automated Coding
| Data year | Use of any form of automated coding | System used (IRIS, MICAR, ACME, STYX, MIKADO, others) |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Not used | Not used |
| 2013 | Not used | Not used |
| 2014 | Not used | Not used |
| 2015 | Not used | Not used |
| 2016 | Not used | Not used |
| 2017 | Not used | Not used |
| 2018 | Not used | Not used |
| 2019 | Not used | Not used |
| 2020 | Not used | Not used |
| 2021 | Not used | Not used |
| 2022 | Not used | Not used |
18.3.3. Underlying cause of death
| Data year | Only manual selection of underlying cause | Manual with ACME decision tables (if yes, version of ACME) | ACS utilising ACME decision tables (if yes, version of ACME) | Own system (ACS without ACME) | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Yes | no | no | no | |
| 2013 | Yes | no | no | no | |
| 2014 | Yes | no | no | no | |
| 2015 | Yes | no | no | no | |
| 2016 | Yes | no | no | no | |
| 2017 | Yes | no | no | no | |
| 2018 | Yes | no | no | no | |
| 2019 | Yes | no | no | no | |
| 2020 | Yes | no | no | no | |
| 2021 | Yes | no | no | no | |
| 2022 | Yes | no | no | no |
It is indicated by the doctor who ascertained the death.
18.3.4. Availability of multiple cause
| Data year | Information stored in the national CoD database, UC (Underlying cause) or MC (Multiple cause) |
|---|---|
| 2012 | Not applicable |
| 2013 | Not applicable |
| 2014 | Not applicable |
| 2015 | Not applicable |
| 2016 | Not applicable |
| 2017 | Not applicable |
| 2018 | Not applicable |
| 2019 | Not applicable |
| 2020 | Not applicable |
| 2021 | Not applicable |
| 2022 | UC and MC |
18.3.5. Stillbirths and Neonatal certificates
Data on stillbirths and neonatal deaths are collected from the perinatal death certificate.
18.4. Data validation
The statistics cover all persons registered by the ASP as residents of the Republic of Moldova at the time of their death, regardless of whether the death occurred in the country or abroad.
The process of verifying and validating data regarding their quality, in particular internal, temporal and other consistency regarding death data (including validation of causes of death), includes the following steps:
Logical control at the basic level of mortality aims to: track and verify logical flows in the certificate; observe correlations between data from different chapters of the disease, verify that data corresponding to certain indicators fall within normal limits, and eliminate illogical inconsistencies.
Integrity check of the received data aims to correlate and verify the identification data of the reporting institutions in the nomenclature with those completed with data.
Codification, processing and validation of data at territorial level;
Verification, processing of data received at the central level with entry into the mortality database.
18.4.1. Coding
Description of coding procedure (central level, distributed among other bodies, etc.):
All coding is centralized (central level by the NAPH statistician).
Description of the procedures to detect errors (i.e.errors such as potential inconsistency in the death certificate or error due to mistake when filling the deaths certificates):
Comparing age, ICD code (text), place of death, activity, day/time to detect possible inconsistencies – contacting the physician when inconsistencies are noted during the coding process.
Description of the measures taken in order to solve detected errors:
Contacts with certifiers, information about the hospital database (hospital deaths), contact with family doctors, autopsy reports.
Coding performed by a certifier:
Encoding performed by a certifier:
100%.
Estimation of the percentage of autopsy from which information is available for coding:
10% to 15%.
Description of double coding exercises and rate of codification errors for underlying cause of death:
Is double coding implemented manually by the certifier?
CoD is indicated on the death certificate according to ICD rules and procedures
18.4.2. Unspecified CoD code
ICD codes for the underlying cause (% of the Total)
| Year | Unspecified CoD (for ICD10: R00-R99 codes, for ICD9: 780-790 codes) | Unknown CoD (for ICD10: R98-R99 codes, for ICD9: 799.9, 798.9, 798.2 codes) | Deaths due to senility (for ICD10: R54 code, for ICD9: 797 code) | Deaths due to exposure to unspecified factor (for ICD10: X59 code, ICD9: 928.9 code) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| 2013 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| 2014 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| 2015 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| 2016 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| 2017 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| 2018 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| 2019 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| 2020 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| 2021 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| 2022 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0 | 0.6 |
CoD codes not specified for underlying cause (% of total)
18.4.3. Unknown country or region
Unknown country/region (%) for residents and non-residents who died in the country
Country/region unknown (%) for residents and non-residents who died in the country.
The Statistical Office of the Republic of Moldova does not collect data on the region (NUTS) of residence for non-residents, but only the country of residence for them.
| Year | Residents | Non-residents | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown residency (NUTS2) | Unknown occurrence (NUTS2) | Unknown residency (country) | Unknown residency (NUTS2) | Unknown occurrence (NUTS2) | |
| 2012 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| 2013 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| 2014 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| 2015 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| 2016 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| 2017 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| 2018 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| 2019 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| 2020 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| 2021 | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| 2022 | supplied | supplied | supplied | supplied | supplied |
18.4.4. Validation of the coverage
To ensure the coverage of the registration of the entire number of deaths in the official statistics of the Republic of Moldova, the following steps are taken:
The medical certificate of death form consists of two parts.
- The medical certificate issuance notice, which is completed in all cases when the medical certificate is issued, whether preliminary or final.
- The medical certificate itself contains all the information about the deceased, including the direct cause of death, the antecedent cause, the underlying cause, and other morbid conditions.
The public official within the ASP checks whether the numbers on the death certificates are consecutive. In case of missing numbers, the situation is checked with the responsible person within the city halls of the municipalities, towns, rural communes. Missing numbers may occur in the case of transcribed or reconstructed death certificates, which are not statistically recorded.
18.5. Data compilation
Final data on deceased persons are produced 12 months after the reference year from the database that includes definitive data on demographic statistics, after which the data are transmitted to EUROSTAT:
- a death data file for the “Demography” domain;
- microdata files regarding Code for the domain “Health”
the CoD microdata file to Eurostat , a data integrity check is performed by checking the national statistics (number of deceased persons with usual residence in Moldova) with the number of records of deceased persons with usual residence in Moldova included in the CoD file and the number of deaths reported in the Eurostat domain “Demography”. At the same time, it is checked whether all non-residents deceased in Moldova are included by comparing with the national database on deaths. A check of perinatal deaths and stillbirths is also performed, both with the national database and with the data transmitted to Eurostat for the domain “Demography”. In addition, it is checked whether the files comply with the structure specified by Eurostat and whether all variables are completed.
18.5.1. Imputation - rate
Not applicable.
18.6. Adjustment
No adjustments were made.
18.6.1. Seasonal adjustment
Not applicable.
No further comment.
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 medical death certificates. The information recorded in the medical death certificate complies with the norms specified by the WHO and is coded according to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10).
21 October 2025
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, respectively.
The statistical unit is the deceased person or stillborn children are those who died in the Republic of Moldova and whose deaths were registered by the Public Services Agency (PSA).
The statistical population is the population of the country, including both residents and non-residents.
The area covered by the collection of statistical data on deaths includes all deaths occurring throughout the territory of the Republic of Moldova, including deaths of Moldovan residents with Moldovan citizenship, occurring abroad and whose death certificates were transcribed in the Civil Status registers of Moldova, excluding data from localities on the left bank of the Nistru River and the municipality of Bender.
CoD data refers to calendar year 2022.
Not applicable.
The unit is the absolute number.
Final data on deceased persons are produced 12 months after the reference year from the database that includes definitive data on demographic statistics, after which the data are transmitted to EUROSTAT:
- a death data file for the “Demography” domain;
- microdata files regarding Code for the domain “Health”
the CoD microdata file to Eurostat , a data integrity check is performed by checking the national statistics (number of deceased persons with usual residence in Moldova) with the number of records of deceased persons with usual residence in Moldova included in the CoD file and the number of deaths reported in the Eurostat domain “Demography”. At the same time, it is checked whether all non-residents deceased in Moldova are included by comparing with the national database on deaths. A check of perinatal deaths and stillbirths is also performed, both with the national database and with the data transmitted to Eurostat for the domain “Demography”. In addition, it is checked whether the files comply with the structure specified by Eurostat and whether all variables are completed.
The data source is local death registers at the level of healthcare institutions (with a retention period of 75 years).
The collection of national statistical data is carried out through the following forms:
- Form no. 106/e – medical certificate of death
- Form no. 106-2/e – medical certificate confirming death in the perinatal period.
- Birth statistical form.
Birth certificate.
Annual.
| Year | Number of months between the end of the reference year and the publication at national level |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Not applicable. |
| 2012 | Not applicable. |
| 2013 | Not applicable. |
| 2014 | Not applicable. |
| 2015 | Not applicable. |
| 2016 | Not applicable. |
| 2017 | Not applicable. |
| 2018 | Not applicable. |
| 2019 | Not applicable. |
| 2020 | Not applicable. |
| 2021 | Not applicable. |
The Republic of Moldova, as a candidate country for the European Union, has started transmitting data on Causes of Death to Eurostat for the reference year 2022, which were published on October 10, 2025. Although minor corrections may be made later due to delayed certificates, this is also considered the final and complete result.
The data are comparable for all territorial regions of the country (except Transnistria). The process of data collection, coding and transmission is the same for all regions of the country.
The Republic of Moldova used the following classifications of diseases according to WHO:
- ICD 8 during the 1970s-1980s;
- ICD 9 during the period 1990-1995;
- ICD 10 since 1996, according to Order no. 381 of 24 August 1995 on the introduction and use of the WHO ICD-10 in the Republic of Moldova.
