• The Region has experienced significant

improvements in quality
• of mortality data. The underreporting of
mortality among
• 2002-2005 and 2010-2013 has decreased
from 7.2% to 5.9%, the
• ill-defined causes, from 4.7% to 3.4%,
although the codes
• unhelpful have increased from 14.8% to
15.2% in the
• same span.