Belgiumin MapsOfficial Belgian data, explained
Standardized mortality ratio by district in Belgium (2022)
This page maps Standardized mortality ratio for one nationally comparable 2022 slice. Every figure below uses the same disclosed definition, unit, geography and source.
Health
What this indicator measures
Observed deaths divided by expected deaths from Belgian reference mortality rates, multiplied by 100; 100 is the reference, and the 95% confidence interval is retained in the cube.
Standardized mortality ratio. Observed deaths divided by expected deaths from Belgian reference mortality rates, multiplied by 100; 100 is the reference, and the 95% confidence interval is retained in the cube.
Indicator dossier
Data passport
- Selected reference period
- 2022
- Geography
- administrative districts
- Measure
- Standardized mortality ratio
- Unit
- index (reference = 100)
- Comparable areas
- 43
- Coverage
- 100%
Indicator dossier
Selected slice
Exact catalogue filters applied to the map, statistics and comparison.
- Sex
- All sexes
Latest published slice
How to read the pattern
- Median
- 98.58index (reference = 100)
- Unweighted area mean
- 103.93index (reference = 100)
- Minimum
- 88.79index (reference = 100)
- Maximum
- 126.11index (reference = 100)
Across the valid national comparison set, the median is 98.58 index (reference = 100). Values extend from 88.79 to 126.11 index (reference = 100). This describes geographic variation; it is not a score of local quality.
Geography
Map of Belgium
- -126.11–-84.070 areas
- -84.07–-42.040 areas
- -42.04–-0.010 areas
- -0.01–0.010 areas
- 0.01–42.040 areas
- 42.04–84.070 areas
- 84.07–126.1143 areas
Categories
Distribution by official map class
| Value | Areas | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| -126.11–-84.07 | 0 | |
| -84.07–-42.04 | 0 | |
| -42.04–-0.01 | 0 | |
| -0.01–0.01 | 0 | |
| 0.01–42.04 | 0 | |
| 42.04–84.07 | 0 | |
| 84.07–126.11 | 43 |
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administrative districts
Highest and lowest values
From 43 comparable areas, the table shows a concise descriptive high-and-low sample. Equal values do not imply equal local circumstances.
| Position | # | Area | Official code | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest | 1 | Arrondissement de Virton | 85000 | 126.11 index (reference = 100) |
| Highest | 2 | Arrondissement de Charleroi | 52000 | 125.79 index (reference = 100) |
| Highest | 3 | Arrondissement de Thuin | 56000 | 124.17 index (reference = 100) |
| Highest | 4 | Arrondissement de Huy | 61000 | 123 index (reference = 100) |
| Highest | 5 | Arrondissement de Mons | 53000 | 122.44 index (reference = 100) |
| Highest | 6 | Arrondissement de Philippeville | 93000 | 121.27 index (reference = 100) |
| Highest | 7 | Arrondissement de La Louvière | 58000 | 120.78 index (reference = 100) |
| Highest | 8 | Arrondissement de Soignies | 55000 | 119.62 index (reference = 100) |
| Highest | 9 | Arrondissement de Waremme | 64000 | 118.64 index (reference = 100) |
| Highest | 10 | Arrondissement de Liège | 62000 | 117.03 index (reference = 100) |
| Lowest | 43 | Arrondissement Maaseik | 72000 | 88.79 index (reference = 100) |
| Lowest | 42 | Arrondissement Halle-Vilvoorde | 23000 | 89.8 index (reference = 100) |
| Lowest | 41 | Arrondissement Brugge | 31000 | 90.31 index (reference = 100) |
| Lowest | 40 | Arrondissement Roeselare | 36000 | 90.39 index (reference = 100) |
| Lowest | 39 | Arrondissement Veurne | 38000 | 90.52 index (reference = 100) |
| Lowest | 38 | Arrondissement Oudenaarde | 45000 | 90.64 index (reference = 100) |
| Lowest | 37 | Arrondissement Leuven | 24000 | 91.11 index (reference = 100) |
| Lowest | 36 | Arrondissement Mechelen | 12000 | 91.17 index (reference = 100) |
| Lowest | 35 | Arrondissement Tielt | 37000 | 91.57 index (reference = 100) |
| Lowest | 34 | Arrondissement Kortrijk | 34000 | 91.67 index (reference = 100) |
Method and limitations
Method and limitations
No missing value is imputed. Classification breaks and colours come from the catalogue, and source-declared suppression remains missing.
The area mean gives every published geographic area equal weight. It is not weighted by population, exposure or area size.
Source-native district observations; no higher-grain value is assigned to a lower geography.
Read the methodologySources, licence and provenance
Sources, licence and provenance
- Source
- Sciensano
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0