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Type of Database: registry.
Primary purpose: Provide access to data collection results from all statistical themes, including health and healthcare.
Sponsor, manager or home institution: National Institute of Statistics (Istat).
Type of information: cross-sectional. age, sex, region, primary tumour localization, comorbidities,
hospital location, number of deaths, year, causes of death, year, marital status, education, place of residence. Click here to learn more.
Available type of information: Information on causes of death per age, sex, region, place of residence, number of deaths, marital status, education, year. Click here to learn more.
Source of information: Death certificates sent by municipalities to Istat.
Data level: patient level.
Available data level: regional level and national level.
Number of Records: All death certificates in Italy sent to Istat.
Date Range: 1923 onwards.
Cancer Areas of Interest: C00-D48: All neoplasms. Click here to learn more.
Data access: partially publicly available. Click here to access in "Health statistics" and "Causes of death". Data can be downloaded in the PDF format. 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::National Institute of Statistics (Istat)
databaseStructure::cross-sectional
hasVariable::age
hasVariable::sex
hasVariable::region
hasVariable::primary tumour localization
hasVariable::comorbidities
hasVariable::hospital location
hasVariable::number of deaths
hasVariable::year
hasVariable::causes of death
hasVariable::marital status
hasVariable::education
hasVariable::place of residence
availableVariable::causes of death
availableVariable::age
availableVariable::sex
availableVariable::region
availableVariable::place of residence
availableVariable::number of deaths
availableVariable::marital status
availableVariable::education
availableVariable::year
dataLevel::patient level
availableDataLevel::regional level
availableDataLevel::national level
dataStart::1923
dataEnd::onwards
hasCancerType::C00-D48: All neoplasms
dataAvailability::partially publicly available
hasDownloadableData::PDF
hasDataAccessInstructions::[https://contact.istat.it/s/?language=it click here to access
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