Database: European mortality database (MDB) (European Union)

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Type of Database: registry

Primary purpose: To facilitate the analysis of age- and sex-specific mortality trends across broad disease groups and 67 specific causes of death, using data dating back to 1980 from the WHO Global Mortality Database.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: WHO Europe.

Type of information: longitudinal. age; year; region; sex; number of deaths; causes of death.

Data Dictionary: European mortality database (MDB).

Source of Information: Varies for each indicator. Source can be checked by clicking on the indicators in the following list. Click here to learn more.

Data level: national level, global level.

Number of Records: unknown.

Date range: 1980 onwards.

Cancer Areas of Interest: C00-D48: All neoplasms. Click here to learn more by choosing the "Neoplasms databases".

Data access: publicly available. Data can be downloaded with the "Download dataset" button in the following page. Click here to access. Also, choosing the variables, data can be downloaded in the formats PNG; JPEG; PDF; SVG; CSV and XLS. There is a data explorer containing three full datasets. Click here to access. Additionally, there is a data warehouse with these and other databases to be downloaded or used via API, including JSON files. Click here to access.

Contact information: Contact information is at the bottom of any page on the website.

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::WHO Europe databaseStructure::longitudinal availableVariable::age availableVariable::year availableVariable::region availableVariable::sex availableVariable::number of deaths availableVariable::causes of death hasDataDictionary::Data Dictionary: European mortality database (MDB) dataLevel::national level dataLevel::global level numberRecords::unknown dataStart::1980 dataEnd::onwards dataAvailability::publicly available hasDownloadableData::PNG hasDownloadableData::JPEG hasDownloadableData::PDF hasDownloadableData::SVG hasDownloadableData::CSV hasDownloadableData::XLS isDatabase hasCancerType::C00-D48: All neoplasms 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