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"Madam President, forgive me, but this is the first time I have spoken in Parliament and as a Commissioner and I do not know all the procedures.
In reply to your question, Mrs McAvan, I must tell you that, through its current activities, Eurostat contributes in various ways to the work of the World Health Organisation, within the context of the Community Statistical Programme 2003-2007; and, in particular, in relation to public health statistics, Eurostat collects, confirms and publishes annual data relating to causes of death in the Member States of the European Union, the candidate countries and the countries of the European Free Trade Association, at both national and regional levels. Data is collected in coordination with the World Health Organisation and the latter is regularly informed of Eurostat’s work in the field of public health statistics and is invited to the relevant meetings.
In particular, with regard to statistics on causes of death, important issues have still to be resolved in relation to the quality and comparability of data, for example issues which were very well set out in the report
. Notable amongst the issues described in this report are those relating to certification, including the issue of the accuracy of data relating to sudden and unexplained deaths of young people.
Work has begun with a view to improving the quality of data in close coordination with the Member States and with the World Health Organisation in order to provide the Member States with better training instruments. For doctors who certify deaths – and for medical students – the European Union training programme on the certification of causes of death has been developed in conjunction with the Member States.
In addition to the work to improve the process for certifying deaths, activities aimed at improving quality are being carried out, such as the application of automated codification in the Member States."@en1
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"Comparability and Quality Improvement of European Causes of Death Statistics"1
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