Database: I.Stat - Causes of Death (Italy)
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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).
Available type of information: Information on cause of death per age, sex, region, per number of inhabitants, among other information.
Source of information: Death certificates sent by municipalities to Istat.
Data level: Patient level.
Available data level: Regional and national level.
Number of Records: All death certificates in Italy sent to Istat.
Date Range: 1923 onwards.
Cancer Areas of Interest (ICD): Malignant neoplasm of lip, oral cavity, pharynx; oesophagus; stomach; colon, rectum and anus; liver; pancreas; larynx; trachea, bronchus, lung; skin; breast; cervix uteri; other and unspecified parts of uterus; ovary; prostate; kidney; bladder; brain and central nervous system; thyroid; hodgkin disease and lymphomas; leukaemia; lymph./haematopoietic tissue; other malignant neoplasms.
Data access: Partially publicly available [2]. Instructions to request data for restricted content [3].
Contact information: Information [4].
