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. 2024 Dec;53(12):2722-2729.

Mortality Rate from Circulatory Diseases, Ischemic Heart Disease and Cerebrovascular Diseases in Serbia, 1998-2021

Milos Stepovic  1 , Kristijan Jovanovic  1 , Jovana Milosavljevic  1 , Melanija Tepavcevic  1 , Jovana Radovanovic  2 , Viktor Selakovic  3 , Milena Maricic  4 , Stefan Vekic  5 , Marija Sekulic  6 , Nemanja Rancic  7   8
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Mortality Rate from Circulatory Diseases, Ischemic Heart Disease and Cerebrovascular Diseases in Serbia, 1998-2021

Milos Stepovic et al. Iran J Public Health. 2024 Dec.

Abstract

Background: According to World Health Organisation data, on the top ten causes of death in the world in 2019, ischemic heart diseases ranked first, followed by stroke and chronic respiratory diseases. This study aimed to make cross-section of the current mortality rates of indicators of circulatory diseases, ischemic heart diseases and cerebrovascular diseases, access the trends of indicators in Serbia more than two decades and to find the correlation of these observed indicators between males and females.

Methods: Medical indicators were taken from the publicly available Health for all databases that deals with long-term evaluation and monitoring of indicators obtained from national authorities. In this epidemiological study, following indicators were analysed: indicator of standardized circulatory diseases, ischemic heart disease, and cerebrovascular diseases. SPSS was used for statistical analysis.

Results: Between 1998 and 2021 all of the mortality indicators were decreasing in Serbia. Between 2002 and 2005 observed indicators had almost constant decreasing trend. The standardized mortality for circulatory disease along with indicators for mortality from ischemic diseases and cerebrovascular disease was more prevalent among males than females.

Conclusion: Continuing the follow of indicators is of the great importance for public health and macroeconomic of countries. This decreasing trend in Serbia must remain constant and that can be effectively done through continuous improvement of health systems, focusing on the primary health care and conducting pharmacoeconomic studies and epidemiological studies.

Keywords: Cardiovascular diseases; Epidemiology; Medical indicators; Mortality; Serbia.

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A) Age-standardized mortality rates for circulatory diseases per 100,000 in Serbia; B) Age-standardized mortality rates for ischemic heart disease per 100,000 in Serbia; C) Age-standardized mortality rates for cerebrovascular diseases per 100,000 in Serbia
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