[ZD18] Mortality due to respiratory diseases 
[ZD18] Mortality due to respiratory diseases
Key message
One of the most important factor for mortality due to respiratory diseases in Slovenia is KOPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). The highest mortality due to respiratory diseases in Slovenia is in the region of Notranjska, the lowest in the region of South- East Slovenia (2006-2008). Mortality due to respiratory diseases decreases; from 74/100.000 in the year 1999 to 57/100.000 in the year 2008.
Definition
Charts
Figure ZD18-1: The mortality rate (number of deaths/100.000) due to respiratory diseases in Slovenia, from 1999 to 2011
Sources:
IVZ RS, 2000-2012, SURS, 2000-2012
| 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western Slovenia | number of death/100.000 pop. | 66.6 | 69.6 | 65 | 65.8 | 71.4 | 64.9 | 63.5 | 58.5 | 49.6 | 52.3 |
| Slovenia | number of death/100.000 pop. | 78.6 | 73.9 | 67.2 | 70.5 | 78.6 | 73.1 | 69.8 | 61.6 | 52.4 | 56.2 |
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |||||||||
| Western Slovenia | number of death/100.000 pop. | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| Slovenia | number of death/100.000 pop. | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Figure ZD18-2: The mortality rate (number of deaths/100000) due to respiratory diseases in Slovenia, according to statistical regions, from 2006 to 2008, and from 2009 to 2011
Sources:
WHO, 2009
| average 2006 - 2008 | average 2009 - 2011 | 2011 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gorenjska | no. of deaths/100.000 inhabitants | 49.6 | 49.2 | 45.2 |
| Goriška | no. of deaths/100.000 inhabitants | 60.6 | 58.2 | 51.2 |
| Southeast Slovenia | no. of deaths/100.000 inhabitants | 47.2 | 61.6 | 55.4 |
| Koroška | no. of deaths/100.000 inhabitants | 57.3 | 70.2 | 75.8 |
| Notranjsko-kraška | no. of deaths/100.000 inhabitants | 88.9 | 87.4 | 72.5 |
| Obalno-kraška | no. of deaths/100.000 inhabitants | 67.8 | 67.3 | 65.7 |
| Osrednjeslovenska | no. of deaths/100.000 inhabitants | 50.3 | 45.6 | 46.2 |
| Podravska | no. of deaths/100.000 inhabitants | 54.6 | 52.8 | 60.4 |
| Pomurska | no. of deaths/100.000 inhabitants | 74 | 69.8 | 71.3 |
| Savinjska | no. of deaths/100.000 inhabitants | 61.3 | 73.3 | 73.4 |
| Spodnjeposavska | no. of deaths/100.000 inhabitants | 58.5 | 52.3 | 52.8 |
| Zasavska | no. of deaths/100.000 inhabitants | 56.2 | 88.5 | 83.9 |
| Slovenia | no. of deaths/100.000 inhabitants | 56.7 | 58.1 | 58 |
Figure ZD18-3: The mortality rate (number of deaths/100.000) due to respiratory diseases in selected European countries in the year 2009
Sources:
WHO, 2009
Figure ZD18-4: The number of prevented hospitalizations in one year /100.000, if the average level of PM10 would be decreasing from 0 to 10 μg /m3; Ljubljana , in the year 2007
Sources:
APHECOM, 2010
| no. of prevented hospitalizations due to respiratory diseases | prevented hospitalizations due to respiratory diseases, 100.000 inhabitants of Ljubljana | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| change in PM10 conc. - 1 µg/m3 | µg/m3 | 3 | 1.1 |
| change in PM10 conc. - 2 µg/m3 | µg/m3 | 6.1 | 2.3 |
| change in PM10 conc. - 3 µg/m3 | µg/m3 | 9.1 | 3.4 |
| change in PM10 conc. - 4 µg/m3 | µg/m3 | 12.1 | 4.5 |
| change in PM10 conc. - 5 µg/m3 | µg/m3 | 15.2 | 5.7 |
| change in PM10 conc. - 6 µg/m3 | µg/m3 | 18.2 | 6.8 |
| change in PM10 conc. - 7 µg/m3 | µg/m3 | 21.2 | 7.9 |
| change in PM10 conc. - 8 µg/m3 | µg/m3 | 24.2 | 9.1 |
| change in PM10 conc. - 9 µg/m3 | µg/m3 | 27.2 | 10.2 |
| change in PM10 conc. - 10 µg/m3 | µg/m3 | 30.3 | 11.3 |
| change in PM10 conc. - 15 µg/m3 | µg/m3 | 45.3 | 17 |
| change in PM10 conc. -20 µg/m3 | µg/m3 | 60.2 | 22.5 |
| change in PM10 conc. - 25 µg/m3 | µg/m3 | 75 | 28.1 |