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.

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Mouth Throat Oropharynx Nasopharynx Hypopharynx Larynx Salivary glands Lips Tonsils base of tongue Voice box Esophagus Stomach Small intestine Large intestine Colon Rectum Anus Liver Gallbladder Bile ducts Pancreas Lung Trachea Bronchi Pleura Mediastinum Bone Cartilage Osteosarcoma Ewings sarcoma Skin Melanoma Scalp Lips Hands Feet Muscle Fat Tendon Ligament Blood vessels Connective tissue Sarcoma Angiosarcoma Liposarcoma Lobular Breast Nipple Areola Ductal Vulva Vagina Cervix Uterus Ovary Fallopian tubes Endometrium Prostate Testicles Penis Kidney Ureter Bladder Urethra Eye Brain Spinal cord Thyroid gland Parathyroid Adrenal glands Pituitary gland Pancreas Thymus gland Peritoneum Pericardium Retroperitoneum Mesothelium Blood Bone marrow Lymph nodes Spleen Leukemia databaseType::registry dataOwner::National Statistical Institute databaseStructure::longitudinal hasVariable::number of deaths hasVariable::causes of death hasVariable::year hasVariable::sex hasVariable::age hasVariable::region availableVariable::number of deaths availableVariable::causes of death availableVariable::year availableVariable::sex availableVariable::age availableVariable::region dataLevel::patient level availableDataLevel::regional level numberRecords::unknown dataStart::1994 dataEnd::onwards hasCancerType::C00-D48: All neoplasms dataAvailability::partially publicly available hasDownloadableData::XLSX hasDownloadableData::CSV hasDownloadableData::PDF hasDownloadableData::XML hasDataAccessCosts::Data has access costs hasGrantRequirement::Data requires a grant proposal to be accessed hasDataAccessInstructions::[https://nsi.bg/en/content/575/basic-page/rules-provision-anonymised-individual-data-scientific-and-research-purposes click here to access isDatabase hasCancerType::C00-C97: All cancer types hasCancerType::C00-C14: Mouth/throat cancers hasCancerType::C15-C26: Digestive system cancers hasCancerType::C30-C39: Lung/chest cancers hasCancerType::C40-C41: Bone cancers hasCancerType::C43-C44: Skin cancers/melanoma hasCancerType::C45-C49: Soft tissue cancer hasCancerType::C50: Breast cancer hasCancerType::C51-C58: Female genitalia cancers hasCancerType::C60-C63: Male genitalia cancer hasCancerType::C64-C68: Urinary system cancers hasCancerType::C69-C72: Eye and brain cancer hasCancerType::C73-C75: Thyroid and other gland cancers hasCancerType::C76-C80: Cancers of unknown or unspecified areas hasCancerType::C81-C96: Cancers of the blood and immune system hasCancerType::C97-C97: Cancers in multiple locations from the start hasCancerType::D00-D09: Early-stage cancers not yet spread hasCancerType::D10-D36: Benign tumour hasCancerType::D37-D48: Growths of uncertain nature hasCancerType::unknown