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Definition:
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Excess of mortality
Definition:
The mortality of a group of people clearly higher in comparison to the mortality of another group or several groups of people.
Excess of mortality is a relative measure, expressed as a percentage as the ratio of e.g. the death rate of males to death rate of females.
High-level terms
Contact person on methodology:
GUS – Departament Badań Demograficznych
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Amendments to the description of a concept:
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Excess of mortality
Description of the concept that applied to: 31.12.2017