Avoidable mortality

Avoidable mortality is partly or compleatly potentialy avoidable death cases. There are treatable and preventable deaths.

Preventable mortality: Causes of death that can be mainly avoided through effective public health and primary prevention interventions (i.e. before the onset of diseases/injuries, to reduce incidence).

Treatable (or amenable) mortality: Causes of death that can be mainly avoided through timely and effective health care interventions, including secondary prevention and treatment (i.e. after the onset of diseases, to reduce case-fatality).

Avoidable mortality are calculated based on data from Register of Causes of Death about persons died in age 0 - 74.

Average number of inhabitants: Central Statistical Bureau.

Joint methodology of OECD/Eurostat (Avoidable mortality: OECD/Eurostat lists of preventable and treatable causes of death (January 2022 version)), updated January 2022, included Covid-19 in list of preventable death causes.

Published preventable mortality rates in 2020-2021 include death due to the Covid-19.

Avoidable mortality calculated among persons under age 75. Rates per 100000 based on average number of inhabitants (relevant age, gender) at defined time period.

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The Centre for Disease Prevention and Control of Latvia

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CDPC Unit of Data Analysis of NCD and Surveys

Phone Number: +37167387682

Creation date of metadata: 05.07.2022.