Total mortality is a basic public health indicator. It is usually expressed in number of deaths per 100,000 population. The mortality rates are then standardised to make them comparable among countries or regions. The resulting (age-) standardised death rate (SDR) is a weighted average of age-specific mortality rates. The weighting factor is the age distribution in a standard reference population. The standard reference population used is the 'European standard population' as defined by the WHO.
Within the Eurothine project, relative inequalities in total mortality by level of education were compared between 18 European populations. These comparative data of total mortality are presented for both men and women in the EUphocus Health inequalities.
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Standardised Death Rate is the age-standardised death rate calculated using the direct method. It thus represents what the crude rate would have been if the population had the same age distribution as the standard European population.
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