Estimating mortality and causes of death in Turkey: methods, results and policy implications

Abstract

Mortality estimates are uncertain in Turkey, given the poor quality of death registration systems. Application of burden of disease methods suggests that there has been progress along the epidemiological transition. Key health development strategies for Turkey include improved access to communicable disease control technologies, and urgent attention to the development of a reliable, nationally representative health information system.

Colorectal cancer in Turkey: current situation and challenges for the future

“…It also stated that the situation might be worse for deaths occurring outside hospitals [9]. This finding verifies the claim that Turkey is the only country in the WHO European Region that does not have reasonably reliable and timely mortality statistics [10]. Of special importance, this survey also found reporting of both rural and urban deaths were often verbally.…”

Burden of Road Traffic Injuries in Turkey

“…Though a partially functioning civil registration system has greatly improved over the past 5 to 10 years, major gaps in data collection continue to exist in Turkey, particularly with respect to RTIs. Such incomplete vital registration has necessitated the use of statistical modeling and epidemiological data to estimate mortality and morbidity in Turkey (Akgun et al 2007).…”

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“…Causes of death were coded using the condensed list of the ICD eighth revision. Instead of using these data, we used a detailed analysis of causes of death for the year 2000, from a national burden of disease study conducted by the national authorities in Turkey (44) (46,47) and for neonatal deaths (48,49) were rerun with updated inputs for the year 2004. Outputs were adjusted and mapped to GBD cause categories as described below.…”