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The study goal was comparing mortality characteristics of these populations in the northern Mediterranean for 1960\u20132012. An ecological study design was used. Data were analysed for 1960\u20132012 for the deceased with recorded place of residence in the study area. Data on the deceased for 1960\u20131993 were taken from death reports, for 1994\u20132012 from digital archives of the Teaching Institute of Public Health, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County. Data on causes of death for 1960\u20131994 were recoded to the three-digit code of underlying cause of death according to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD\u201310). Among studied populations significant difference was found among the causes of deaths coded within ICD\u201310 chapters: neoplasms (particularly stomach carcinoma), mental and behavioural disorders and diseases of the respiratory system (particularly chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, (COPD)). Increase in mortality from neoplasms, increase in respiratory diseases for the area exposed to industrial pollution, also stomach carcinoma and COPD particularly in the town Bakar require further research.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph15112591","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,11,21]],"date-time":"2018-11-21T11:23:27Z","timestamp":1542799407000},"page":"2591","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Mortality Characteristics of Two Populations in the Northern Mediterranean (Croatia) in the Period 1960\u20132012: An Ecological Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4948-956X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Robert","family":"Dori\u010di\u0107","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka 51000, Croatia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5084-287X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tanja","family":"\u0106ori\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka 51000, Croatia"},{"name":"Andrija \u0160tampar Teaching Institute of Public Health, Zagreb 10000, Croatia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Morana","family":"Tomljenovi\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka 51000, Croatia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Danijela","family":"Lako\u0161eljac","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Teaching Institute of Public Health of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Rijeka 51000, Croatia"},{"name":"Faculty of Health Studies, University of Rijeka, Rijeka 51000, Croatia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Amir","family":"Muzur","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka 51000, Croatia"},{"name":"Faculty of Health Studies, University of Rijeka, Rijeka 51000, Croatia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Branko","family":"Kolari\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Rijeka 51000, Croatia"},{"name":"Andrija \u0160tampar Teaching Institute of Public Health, Zagreb 10000, Croatia"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,11,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"7","article-title":"Geomorphological Regionalisation of Croatia","volume":"34","author":"Bognar","year":"2001","journal-title":"Acta Geogr. 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