Database: StatBel Cause of Death Registry (Belgium)

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Type of Database: registry.

Primary purpose: To compile statistics on causes of death in Belgium using statistical declaration-of-death forms and WHO's ICD-10 coding.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Statistics Belgium.

Type of information: longitudinal. causes of death and number of deaths, month, year, age and sex. To access the source, click on "Variables" on this page: Click here to learn more. Further sociodemographic and medical information is available on request, both for citizens in aggregated form and for scientific research in the form of microdata.

Available type of information: causes of death and number of deaths, month, year, age, sex, and place of residence.

Source of Information: Statistical declaration-of-death forms (Model IIIC and Model IIID) that are filled out by a certifying physician and completed by the municipal administration of the place of death for every death that occurs in Belgium, which are then forwarded to the Communities and aggregated by AD Statistics to compile the statistics at the federal level. In addition to the death registration forms, the data are supplemented by information on deaths registered in the RNPP (National Population Register). Click here to learn more.

Data level: patient level.

Available data level: regional level and national level.

Number of Records: unknown.

Date range: 1998 onwards.

Cancer areas of interest: C00-D48: All neoplasms. Click here to learn more.

Data access: partially publicly available. Click here to access. Data can be downloaded in the formats PNG, CSV and XLSX. Instructions to request data for restricted content click here to access and click here to learn more. Data requires a grant proposal to be accessed.

Contact information: Click here to access. databaseType::registry dataOwner::Statistics Belgium databaseStructure::longitudinal hasVariable::causes of death hasVariable::number of deaths hasVariable::month hasVariable::year hasVariable::age hasVariable::sex availableVariable::causes of death availableVariable::number of deaths availableVariable::month availableVariable::year availableVariable::age availableVariable::sex availableVariable::place of residence dataLevel::patient level availableDataLevel::regional level availableDataLevel::national level numberRecords::unknown dataStart::1998 dataEnd::onwards hasCancerType::C00-D48: All neoplasms dataAvailability::partially publicly available hasDownloadableData::PNG hasDownloadableData::CSV hasDownloadableData::XLSX hasDataAccessInstructions::[https://statbel.fgov.be/en/about-statbel/what-we-do/microdata-research click here to access hasDataAccessInstructions::[https://www.statistik.at/services/tools/services/amdc-mikrodaten-fuer-die-wissenschaft/mikrodatennutzung-fragen-und-antworten click here to learn more hasGrantRequirement::Data requires a grant proposal to be accessed 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