Data source
Raw data used for the computation of SMR were collected on the Italian National Institute of Statistic website (ISTAT, http://www.istat.it/en/, last access: 26/01/2023) for a time window of 8 years (2012–2019). ISTAT is a public organization which provides statistical information about Italian territory and population. The list of variables used for computing the SMR dataset is presented in Table 1. In the following sections we detailed the single variables used for the SMR calculation.
Age-specific number of deaths by cause of reference population (Mi)
ISTAT provides the number of death due to a specific cause, grouped by age (Mi). Every year, ISTAT aggregates the information coming from the registry offices, through surveys, compiled by the Civil State…
