Database: Mortality by cause of death (Luxembourg)
Primary purpose: Register the occurrence and cause of mortality in Luxembourg territory for residents and non-residents.
Sponsor, manager or home institution: Directorate of Health.
Type of information: Data Dictionary - Mortality by cause of death Luxembourg.
Available type of information: Number of deaths; Cause of death; Sex, Chapter (residents and non-residents); Distribution of deaths; Crude death rate per 100,000 population; Evolution of the number of deaths; Evolution of the crude mortality rate per 100,000 inhabitants; Block or group; Age group; Number of people residing abroad who died in Luxembourg; Country of residence; Standardized death rate per 100,000 population in European countries; Year.
Source of information: Death certificates.
Data level: Patient level.
Available data level: National level.
Number of Records: Around 4000 deaths per year (4402 deaths in 2021).
Date range: 1967 onwards.
Cancer Areas of Interest: Cancer areas of interest - Mortality by cause of death Luxembourg.
Data access: Partially publicly available [2]. The number of deaths by type of tumor and year is available in the table "Death by cause" in the topic "Health" of the "Social conditions" section [3]. Instructions to request data for restricted content [4].
Contact information: Information [5].
