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Type of database: registry.
Primary purpose: Provide open access information about cause of death. Click here to learn more.
Sponsor, manager or home institution: Statistik Austria.
Type of information: cross-sectional. age, sex, marital status, place of residence, region, year, number of deaths, cause of death and comorbidities.
Data Dictionary: Statistik Austria Cause of Death Registry.
More information and data dictionaries on this and other datasets: click here to learn more. (To access the tables, click in the link -> type "STF - Statistik der Standesfälle einschließlich Todesursachenstatistik" in the search bar -> click to open the menus "Deceased - demographic characteristics" and "Deceased - causes of death").
Available type of information: cause of death, number of deaths for all malignant neoplasms (C00–C97, excl. C44) by sex, year, sex, comorbidities, marital status, and place of residence.
Source of information: Death data in Austria comes from registrar reports, including deaths of residents abroad since 2009. Results are classified by the person's last known residence.
Data level: patient level.
Available data level: regional level and national level.
Number of records: Approximately 85,000.
Date range: 1970 onwards.
Cancer areas of interest: C00-C97: All cancer types. See the full list of cancer types here:
Statistik Austria Cause of Death Registry.
Data access: partially publicly available: click here to access (Click in STATcube - Guest Login and then Population -> Deaths -> Died). Data can be downloaded in the formats CSV, XLSX, TXD and ZIP. Data has access costs. Click here to learn more. Instructions to request data for restricted content: click here to learn more.
Contact information: Click here to learn more.
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::Statistik Austria
databaseStructure::cross-sectional
hasVariable::age
hasVariable::sex
hasVariable::marital status
hasVariable::place of residence
hasVariable::region
hasVariable::year
hasVariable::number of deaths
hasVariable::cause of death
hasVariable::comorbidities
hasDataDictionary::Data Dictionary: Statistik Austria Cause of Death Registry
availableVariable::cause of death
availableVariable::number of deaths
availableVariable::sex
availableVariable::year
availableVariable::comorbidities
availableVariable::marital status
availableVariable::place of residence
dataLevel::patient level
availableDataLevel::regional level
availableDataLevel::national level
dataStart::1970
dataEnd::onwards
hasCancerType::C00-C97: All cancer types
hasCancerAreasList::Cancer Areas of Interest: Statistik Austria Cause of Death Registry|Statistik Austria Cause of Death Registry
dataAvailability::partially publicly available
hasDownloadableData::CSV
hasDownloadableData::XLSX
hasDownloadableData::TXD
hasDownloadableData::ZIP
hasDataAccessCosts::Data has access costs
hasDataAccessInstructions::[https://www.statistik.at/services/tools/services/amdc-mikrodaten-fuer-die-wissenschaft/mikrodatennutzung-fragen-und-antworten click here to learn more
