Data Dictionary: Andmebaas Cause of Death

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Variable	Field description
Age	The age of the person concerned in full years (months, days) at the time of death.
Age-specific death rates (death rates by sex and age)	The number of deaths (specified by sex) in one age group during a year per 100,000 mean annual population in the same age group in the same year.
Amenable deaths to health care	A death is amenable if, in the light of medical knowledge and technology at the time of death, all or most deaths from that cause (subject to age limits if appropriate) could be avoided through good quality health care.
Autopsy rate	Percentage of autopsies of all deaths in Estonia.
Birth weight	The first weight of an infant obtained after birth (preferably during the first hour of life).
Cause of death	The underlying cause of death, which has been defined by the World Health Organisation as follows: a) all diseases, morbid conditions, or injuries that either resulted in or contributed to death, or b) the circumstances of the accident or violence that produced any such injuries. Since 1997, the international classification ICD-10 is used.
Crude mortality rate	Annual number of deaths per 100,000 of mean annual population.
County/municipality	Person's last residence, classified according to Administrative and Settlement Units of Estonia (EHAK).
Early neonatal deaths	The deaths of infants who died during the first week of their life (aged 0–6 days). See also: Late foetal deaths.
Early neonatal mortality rate	Annual number of early neonatal deaths per 1000 live-births in the same year.
Gestational age	Duration of pregnancy in full weeks (or days), measured starting from the first day of the last normal menstrual period or using ultrasound.
ICD-10	International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, tenth edition.
Infant deaths	The deaths of up to one-year-old live-born children.
Infant mortality rate	Infant (under one-year-old children) deaths per 1000 live births in the same year.
Late foetal deaths	See stillbirth.
Late neonatal deaths	The deaths of infants who died after the first week but before 28 completed days of their life.
Live birth	Birth of a child with any sign of life (breathing, heartbeat, pulsation of the umbilical cord and/or apparent movements of voluntary muscles) regardless of the length of gestation.
Mean annual population	Half the sum number of the population at the beginning and at the end of the year.
Neonatal deaths	The deaths of infants during the first four weeks of their life.
Perinatal mortality rate	Annual number of perinatal deaths per 1000 births in the same year.
Perinatal deaths	All foetuses and infants who died within the perinatal period (commences at 22 completed weeks and ends 0–6 days after birth).
Perinatal period	Interval starting after 22 full weeks of pregnancy (154 days) until seven days of age after birth.
Place of residence	Usual place of residence reported by doctor-issued Medical death certificate, if not reported then according to the Population Registry.
Preventable deaths	A death is preventable if, in the light of understanding of the determinants of health at the time of death, all or most deaths from that cause (subject to age limits if appropriate) could be avoided by public health interventions in the broadest sense.
Standardised mortality rate	Shows how high the mortality rate would be if the age distribution of the Estonian population were the same as that of the population standard. New European Standard Population (published in 2013) is used.