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'''Primary purpose:''' Cause of death statistics database is used to compile information about cause of death from german citizens.
'''Primary purpose:''' Cause of death statistics database is used to compile information about cause of death from german citizens.


'''Type of information:''' Includes cause of death, location of death, and patient information such as residence, marital status, among other information. More information about the contents of the survey database [https://www.forschungsdatenzentrum.de/de/10-21242-23211-2020-00-00-1-1-0].
'''Type of information:''' [[Data Dictionary: Cause of Death Registry - Germany]] [https://www.forschungsdatenzentrum.de/de/10-21242-23211-2020-00-00-1-1-0].


'''Source of Information:''' The data are based on the death certificates issued as part of the coroner's inquest.
'''Source of Information:''' The data are based on the death certificates issued as part of the coroner's inquest.

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Sponsor, manager or home institution: Forschungsdatenzentren der Statistischen Ämter des Bundes und der Länder (FDZ); Robert Koch Institute (RKI).

Primary purpose: Cause of death statistics database is used to compile information about cause of death from german citizens.

Type of information: Data Dictionary: Cause of Death Registry - Germany [1].

Source of Information: The data are based on the death certificates issued as part of the coroner's inquest.

Data level: patient level.

Number of Records: unknown.

Date Range: 1992 to 2020.

Cancer Areas of Interest: neoplasms (C00-D48).

Data access: partially publicly available [2]. Instructions to request data for restricted content [3], [4].

Contact information: Information [5].