Editing Database: Socialstyrelsen Cause of Death Registry (Sweden)

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'''Sponsor, manager or home institution:''' Socialstyrelsen.

'''Primary purpose:''' To describe the causes of death and track mortality trends in Sweden.

'''Type of information:''' [[Data Dictionary: Socialstyrelsen Cause of Death Registry]]. Full list of variables [https://www.socialstyrelsen.se/globalassets/sharepoint-dokument/dokument-webb/statistik/register-dodsorsaksregistret-variabelforteckning.xls].

'''Available type of information:''' Number of deaths; Deaths rates and deaths by 100,000 people; Diagnosis; Age; Sex and region.

'''Source of Information:''' The death certificates are sent by doctors to the Tax Agency or the Police, and then are sent to the Socialstyrelsen.

'''Data level: '''Patient level.

'''Available data level: ''' Regional and national level.

'''Number of Records:''' Around 90,000 people per year.

'''Date Range:''' 1969 onwards.

'''Cancer Areas of Interest:''' All.

'''Data access:''' Partially publicly available. Data from 1969 to 1996 information [https://www.statistikdatabasen.scb.se/goto/sv/ssd/DodaOrsak] and data from 1997 onwards information [https://sdb.socialstyrelsen.se/if_dor/val.aspx]. Instructions to request data for restricted content [https://bestalladata.socialstyrelsen.se/].

'''Contact information:''' Information [https://www.socialstyrelsen.se/statistik-och-data/register/dodsorsaksregistret/].