Database: NSI Cause of Death (Bulgaria)

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Type of database: registry.

Primary purpose: To provide a standardized and comprehensive source of cause-related mortality statistics for international and national comparisons of population health status in European countries.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: National Statistical Institute.

Type of information: longitudinal. number of deaths and causes of death by year, sex, age, and region. Data dictionary is not publicly available.

Available type of information: number of deaths and causes of death by year, sex, age, and region. Click here to learn more.

Source of Information: Medical death reports.

Data level: patient level.

Available data level: regional level.

Number of Records: unknown.

Date range: 1994 onwards.

Cancer areas of interest: C00-D48: All neoplasms. See the full list of cancer types:

NSI Cause of Death.

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Data access: partially publicly available. Click here to access. Data can be downloaded in the formats XLSX; CSV; PDF and XML. Data has access costs. Data requires a grant proposal to be accessed. Instructions to request data for restricted content click here to access.

Contact information: Click here to access.