title: [Health of the population of Vojvodina].
abstract: POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS: The Province of Vojvodina is a region with 16% of population aged 65 and over, average age of 38.1 years, and aging index 0.85%. Vital statistics show low birth rate, increased death rate and as a result - a negative population growth.
  The leading causes of death were cardiovascular diseases, malignant diseases and injuries, accounting for more than 2/3 of all deaths. The most common outpatient morbidity of adult population included respiratory diseases, but cardiovascular diseases were of greater public health concern, accounting for more than 1/5 of the total morbidity. The hospital morbidity data showed that malignant diseases, cardiovascular diseases and gastrointestinal diseases were the most frequent. HEALTH PROFESSIONALS: In 2005, a highly-developed network included 77 health-care institutions with 29.659 employees, out of which 20.960 were health professionals (4.577 doctors, 754 dentists and 423 pharmacists).
authors.affiliation: Centar za informatiku i biostatistiku u zdravstvu, Institut zajavno zdravlje Vojvodine, Novi Sad. izzz@eunet.yu
authors.forename: Mirjana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martinov-Cvejin
authors.forename: Vera
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Grujić
authors.forename: Sonja
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Susnjević
authors.forename: Svetlana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kvrgić
authors.forename: Miodrag
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arsić
authors.forename: Erzebet
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ac-Nikolić
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002423:Cause of Death; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014798:Vital Statistics; D015022:Yugoslavia