Database: Mortality by Cause of Death (The Netherlands)

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Primary purpose: Publish data concerning the number of deaths in the territory.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek.

Available type of information: Number of deaths in the population of the Netherlands; Main underlying cause of death (extensive list of 'three digit codes'); Age; Gender; Year; Deceased; Leading causes of death; Region.

Source of information: Declaration of the cause of death and Basic personal registration (BRP) are sent from regional hospitals to the statistical organization.

Data level: Patient level.

Available date level: National and Regional level.

Number of Records: Unknown.

Date range: 1996 onwards (national and regional level) and 1995 onwards (patient level).

Cancer Areas of Interest: Total neoplasms (C00-D48); Total malignant neoplasms (C00-C97); Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx (C00-C14); Malignant neoplasms of oesophagus (C15); Malignant neoplasms of stomach (C16); Malignant neoplasms of colon (C18); Malignant neoplasms of rectum, rectosigmoid and anus (C19-C21); Malignants neoplasms of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (C22.0 - C22.8); Malignant neoplasms of galbladder and bile ducts (C23-C24); Malignant neoplasms of pancreas (C25); Malignant neoplasms of larynx (C32); Malignant neoplasms of trachea, bronchus and lung, Trachea (windpipe) including branchings (C33-C34); Melanoma skin (C43); Malignant neoplasms of breast (C50); Malignant neoplasms of cervix uteri (C53); Malignant neoplasms of corpus uteri and uterus unspecified (C54-C55); Malignant neoplasms of ovary (C56); Malignant neoplasms of prostate (C61); Malignant neoplasms of kidney, except renal pelvis (C64); Malignant neoplasms of bladder (C67); Malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, heamatopoietic and related tissue (C81-C96); Other malignant neoplasms (C17, C22.9, C26-C31, C35-C41, C44-C49, C51-C52, C57-C60, C62-C63, C65-C66, C68-C80, C97); Other neoplasms (D00-D48) [2].

Data access: Partially publicly available. National level data access [3]. Regional level data access [4]. Instructions to request data for restricted content [5].

Contact information: Information [6].