SDR, AIDS/HIV (as recorded by routine mortality statistics system), per 100 000

ICD-9 BTL codes: B184, B185
ICD-9 codes: 042-044 or 279.5
ICD-10 codes: B20-B24
ex-USSR 175 list: 206
ICD-10 Mortality Condensed list 1: 1020
EUROSTAT list of 65 causes: 4Warning! Death certification and coding practices in relation to AIDS/HIV, particularly when using
ICD-9, vary widely between countries. This may cause significal biases in the number of AIDS deaths as recorded by the routine vital statistics system. Specific HIV/AIDS Surveilance system in Europe provides more accurate estimates (www.eurohiv.org).

SDR is the age-standardized death rate calculated using the direct method and standard European population structure.
CDR is the crude death rate calculated as a simple ratio: number of registered deaths/ mid-year population (per 100000).

Mortality rates have been calculated by the WHO Regional Office for Europe using the data on deaths by cause/age/sex and mid-year population by age/sex, annually reported to WHO by European Member States. It should be noted that Mortality rates for some countries may be biased due to the under-registration of death cases, particularly in the central Asian republics, the Caucasus countries and some countries in the Balkans region (seenotes on data availability and quality under menu item Help).