DAILY, WEEKLY, AND MONTHLY VARIABILITY OF DEATH CASES AMONG WOMEN OF REPRODUCTIVE AGE IN AZERBAIJAN

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The work uses all medical death certificates of women of reproductive age (15–49 years old) in Azerbaijan for 2023. Medical death certificates were distributed by day of the week and month of the year, based on the date of death. In 2023, the average daily number of deaths of women aged 15–49 was 5.63±0.13 (mode 5, median 5, minimum and maximum numbers 0 and 18, respectively). In Azerbaijan, the mortality rate of women of reproductive age varies by calendar days of the year (0–18 cases per day), by days of the week (5.21±0.31 on Tuesdays and 6.40±0.42 on Thursdays), by weeks (3.28±0.56 for June 5–11, 8.28±0.52 for February 13–19), by months (4.83±0.36 in November, 6.77±0.39 in January) and by season (5.28±0.23 in autumn, 6.40±0.26 in winter). The average daily number of deaths is significantly higher on Thursdays. 14 or more deaths were observed on February 2 (Thursday) and August 24 (Thursday). The structure of the causes of death on these days differed significantly from that on other days (χ2 =2.7; ϑ= 11, P= 0.01) mainly due to the relatively high proportion of diabetes mellitus (5.9 and 0.7 %) and chronic kidney disease (8.8 and 2.7 %), as well as the effects of external causes (20.6 and 15.8 %). The variability of mortality among women of reproductive age over time intervals in Azerbaijan is more likely to be related to medical and organizational problems than to climatic conditions.

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day week month variability death woman of reproductive age

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Publication:

«World of Medicine and Biology» Vol. 22 No. 1 (2026) , с. 33-36
УДК 614.1:314.4

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26724/2079-8334-2026-1-95-33-36