Comparison of the mortality evolution in the Czech Republic and in the Slovak Republic after 1993

The aim of this bachelor thesis was to provide view of evolution and possible changes in death rate in Czech and Slovak Republic twenty years after separation. In thesis, mostly data from life tables and demographic annuals provided by EUROSTAT are used. Firstly are defined and explained basic indicators and methods, which are used to com-pare death rates across time and space. Then ways of data acquisition that are necessary for calculation these indicators and methods are explained. Then is explained death rate and eve-rything connected with this term. In next part evolution of population and age structure is described. After that the thesis continues with death rate at the beginning of life, quality of health care and characteristic of time series, within which specific death rates are counted as well. Next the thesis includes indicators of life expectancy with prediction of future progres-sion of life expectancy in Czech and Slovak Republic. Within prediction regression line was used. Results were then compared to projection of life expectancy provided by EUROSTAT. In the end of thesis we can find total evaluation of progression of both populations within 20 years from separation of Czechoslovakia. In thesis is used number of charts and tables, in which is clearly illustrated particular phenomenon within time interval. With help of these charts and tables, which were for maxi-mal objectivity constructed using data from EUROSTAT only, comments are made for par-ticular phenomena in Czech and Slovak Republic