Reliable mortality statistics for Turkey: Are we there yet?

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Table 3 The notification duration of deaths according to demographic and medical variables on death certificates from Izmir, 2010

Variables	Notification duration
	≤30 days		>30 days
	n	%	n	%
Sex
Male	3753	35.7	6757	64.3
Female	2807	33.3	5612	66.7
Unknown	-	-	3	100.0
Residential area
Metropolitan district	4778	35.3	8761	64.7
Countryside district	1767	33.0	3584	67.0
Unknown	15	35.7	28	64.3
The place of death
Home	2337	29.6	5554	70.4
Hospital	3799	38.7	6026	61.3
Other^a	312	36.8	535	63.2
Unknown	112	30.3	258	69.7
Manner of death
Natural	6107	34.4	11643	65.6
Due to external causes	231	44.2	292	55.8
Other^b	178	38.9	280	61.1
Unknown	44	21.8	158	78.2
Was an autopsy performed?
Yes	381	42.6	514	57.4
No	5940	34.1	11494	65.9
Unknown	239	39.6	365	60.4
Reporting institute
Institute of Forensic Medicine	382	43.2	502	56.8
Municipality	1547	29.7	3666	70.3
Hospital	3755	38.3	6041	61.7
Community health center	690	30.4	1578	69.6
Other^c	183	24.0	579	76.0
Unknown	3	30.0	7	70.0
Total	6560	34.6	12373	65.4

^aThe death places of work place, ambulance, other vehicle and other in death certificates
^bThe manner of death of other, pending investigation and unknown in death certificate
^cPrivate medical centers, private policlinics, health directorates of other provinces except Izmir and homes for the elderly

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