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Demography.MorbidityAndMortalityMorbidity and mortality  

Definition

  • Morbidity refers to incidence of ill health in a population. Data may cover the incidence or morbidity rate of a medical condition. For example, the number of people who suffer from lung cancer in a country or a geographic area during a single year. Mortality data indicate the numbers of deaths in a population by place, time, cause, or type of individual etc. For example, maternal mortality rate, child mortality rate. Use note: Self-reported survey data on illnesses and medical conditions are indexed with HEALTH hierarchy topics.

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  • Demography.MorbidityAndMortality

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https://vocabularies.cessda.eu/vocabulary/TopicClassification?v=4.1#Demography.MorbidityAndMortality

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