3.C.7 Number of deaths due to diseases of the digestive system per 100 thous. population
Sustainable Development Goal
Goal 3. Good health and well-being
Priority
Increasing access to specialist and therapeutic treatment, with particular emphasis on lifestyle diseases
Definition
Number of deaths due to digestive system diseases per 100 thousand population.
Unit
persons
Available dimensions
total
Methodological explanations
Death is a permanent, i.e. irreversible cessation of the functions of organs necessary for life (regardless of the period after live birth), as a result of which the vital functions of the entire organism cease.
Digestive system – according to the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10) – disease entities coded K00–K93 – disorders affecting organs of the digestive system, in particular the oral cavity, oesophagus, stomach, intestines, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.
When compiling statistical data on deaths by cause, the initial cause of death is considered. The initial cause is considered to be the disease that was the beginning of the disease process that led to death, or the injury or poisoning that resulted in death.
In medical practice, the cause of death is additionally distinguished: secondary (which is considered to be a disease or injury or the circumstances of an accident - resulting from the initial cause of death) and direct (which is a disease that becomes the final cause of death as a result of a disease, injury or poisoning, or the circumstances of an accident that are the initial and secondary cause of death).
In terms of adjudication on the causes of death, since 1997, the principles of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Health Problems - 10th Revision (ICD-10) have been in force in Poland.
