Database: I.Stat - Causes of Death (Italy)

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Type of Database: registry.

Primary purpose: Provide access to data collection results from all statistical themes, including health and healthcare.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: National Institute of Statistics (Istat).

Type of information: cross-sectional. age, sex, region, primary tumour localization, comorbidities, hospital location, number of deaths, year, causes of death, year, marital status, education, place of residence. Click here to learn more.

Available type of information: Information on causes of death per age, sex, region, place of residence, number of deaths, marital status, education, year. Click here to learn more.

Source of information: Death certificates sent by municipalities to Istat.

Data level: patient level.

Available data level: regional level and national level.

Number of Records: All death certificates in Italy sent to Istat.

Date Range: 1923 onwards.

Cancer Areas of Interest: C00-D48: All neoplasms. Click here to learn more.

Data access: partially publicly available. Click here to access in "Health statistics" and "Causes of death". Data can be downloaded in the PDF format. Instructions to request data for restricted content click here to access.

Contact information: Click here to access.