[Infant and neonatal mortality and its forecasting]

The authors draw attention to some trends in the development of important indicators of health care in the SR, i.e. infant and neonatal mortality. Using the method of simple analysis of trends mortality, they processed time series of data from all districts in Slovakia. They included in the analysis mortality data from 1972 to 1989. Based on the mentioned data they calculated the extrapolated trend for each district and present estimates for 1995 and 2005. They draw attention to differences between districts and discuss possible causes of this state of affairs. They draw attention of readers to the interpretation of results and warn against their absolutization.