NOTES ON METHODOLOGY
Data source
Data
on births and deaths are based on the systematic collection of information
entered into the state registries of births and deaths.
Observation units
The
data are collected on each birth and each death.
Coverage and comparability
According to international recommendations (UN, Eurostat), data on births and
deaths are collected and processed in line with the definition of the usual
residence.
Definitions and explanations
Definitions applied in vital statistics are based on the recommendations of the
UN, Eurostat, WHO and positive regulations of the Republic of Croatia.
A
live-born child
(live birth) is every
child who exhibits signs of life at birth, such as breathing, beating of the
heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord or definite movements of voluntary
muscles. If a child dies soon after birth, it is first registered as a live-born
and then as a dead infant.
A
deceased person (death)
is
every live-born person in whom there is a permanent disappearance of all
evidence of life.
Infant death is considered the death of a child under one year of age.
Age
is expressed in completed years of age as a
statistical characteristic of population. Age is most often expressed in
intervals of five years. Each group includes persons who have turned the years
set as the limits of one interval. For example, the 15
–
19 age group includes all persons who have turned 15 and more but have
not turned 20 yet.
General fertility rate represents the number of
live births in one year per 1 000 women in fertile age (15 – 49 years of age).
Total fertility rate is the average number of
children that would be born alive to a woman during her lifetime if she were to
pass through her childbearing years (15 – 49) conforming to the age-specific
fertility rates of a given year.
Age-specific fertility rate is the relation between the
number of live births by mothers at particular age and the estimated number of
women of the same age.
Infant mortality rate is the number of infant
deaths per 1 000 live births.
Under-five mortality rate is the number of deaths
among children under 5 years per 1 000 live births.
Territorial constitution
The
data are presented by the territorial constitution according to the Act on the
Territories of Counties, Cities and Municipalities in the Republic of Croatia
(NN, No. 86/06) with the situation as on the end of the reference year.
Abbreviations
Eurostat
Statistical Office of the European Communities
NN
Narodne novine, official gazette of the Republic of Croatia
UN
United Nations
WHO
World Health Organization
Symbols
-
no occurrence