Database: Mortality by cause of death (Luxembourg)

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Type of database: registry.

Primary purpose: Register the occurrence and cause of mortality in Luxembourg territory for residents and non-residents. Click here to learn more.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Directorate of Health.

Type of information: longitudinal. sex; place of residence; marital status; hospital location; causes of death; region; employment status; year; number of deaths.

Data Dictionary - Mortality by cause of death Luxembourg.

Available type of information: number of deaths; causes of death; sex, Chapter (residents and non-residents); Distribution of deaths; Crude death rate per 100,000 population; Evolution of the number of deaths; Evolution of the crude mortality rate per 100,000 inhabitants; Block or group; age group; Number of people residing abroad who died in Luxembourg; Country of residence; Standardized death rate per 100,000 population in European countries; year.

Source of information: Death certificates.

Data level: patient level.

Available data level: national level.

Number of records: Around 4000 deaths per year (4402 deaths in 2021).

Date range: 1967 onwards.

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

Cancer areas of interest - Mortality by cause of death Luxembourg.

Data access: partially publicly available. Click here to access. The number of deaths by type of tumour and year is available in the table "Death by cause" in the topic "Health" of the "Social conditions" section, click here to access. Data can be downloaded in the formats PDF; CSV and XLSX. Instructions to request data for restricted content click here to access.

Contact information: Click here to access.

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::Directorate of Health databaseStructure::longitudinal hasVariable::sex hasVariable::place of residence hasVariable::marital status hasVariable::hospital location hasVariable::causes of death hasVariable::region hasVariable::employment status hasVariable::year hasVariable::number of deaths hasDataDictionary::Data Dictionary - Mortality by cause of death Luxembourg availableVariable::number of deaths availableVariable::causes of death availableVariable::sex availableVariable::age availableVariable::place of residence|Country of residence availableVariable::year dataLevel::patient level availableDataLevel::national level dataStart::1967 dataEnd::onwards hasCancerType::C00-D48: All neoplasms dataAvailability::partially publicly available hasDownloadableData::PDF hasDownloadableData::CSV hasDownloadableData::XLSX hasDataAccessInstructions::[https://dirsante.gouvernement.lu/fr/la-direction/structure/epidemiologie-statistique.html 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