Database: Mortality by Malignant Neoplasms (Portugal)

Go back to Portugal page

Type of database: registry.

Primary purpose: Provide information regarding the national mortality and its social and demographic distribution.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE).

Type of information: longitudinal. causes of death, comorbidities, year, sex, education level, age, marital status, employment status, place of residence. Data Dictionary - Mortality by malignant neoplasms Portugal. Click here to learn more.

Available type of information: number of deaths by year, sex, age, region, causes of death, comorbidities, diagnosis, potential years of life lost. Data Dictionary: Database: Mortality by Malignant Neoplasms. Click here to learn more.

Source of information: Data collection through the notary offices and registered in the Integrated System for Civil Registration and Identification (SIRIC).

Data level: patient level.

Available data level: regional level and national level.

Number of records: unknown.

Date range: Regional and national levels: 2002 onwards; Patient level: 1998 onwards.

Cancer areas of interest: C00-C97: All cancer types. Click here to learn more.

Data access: partially publicly available. Tables: Click here to access (It is possible to change the types of data presented in the table through the "Include/remove indicators" and "Change selection conditions" tabs). Data can be downloaded in the formats PDF, CSV, and XLSX. Instructions to request data for restricted content: click here to access. Data requires a grant proposal to be accessed.

Contact information: Click here to access.