Databases: Department of Health Databases (CSO) Compilation (Ireland)

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Department of Health; Central Statistics Office.

Primary purpose: Databases provided by the Department of Health and made available through the Central Statistics Office website to disseminate data.

Type of Information: Data on discharge, diagnostics, and procedures for inpatients. Age-Standardised Data for Principal Procedure; Age-Standardised Morbidity Rate for Principal Procedures; In-Patient and Daycase Principal Procedures and Average Length of Hospital Stay; Hospital Discharges of In-Patients, Daycases and Length of Stay (All Procedures); Hospital Discharges of In-Patients, Daycases and Length of Stay (National Data); All Procedures; In-Patient and Daycase Procedures and Average Length of Hospital Stay; Age-Standardised Discharge Data for Principal Diagnosis; Age-Standardised Data for Principal Diagnosis; Age-Standardised Morbidity Rate for All Procedures; Age-Standardised Discharge Data for Principal Procedures; Age-Standardised Discharge Data for All Procedures; Age-Standardised Discharge Rate for All Procedures; Age-Standardised Morbidity Rate for All Procedures; Age-Standardised Hospital Discharge Data for Selected Principal Procedures; Age-Standardised Discharge Data for Selected Principal Procedures; Age-Standardised Morbidity Data for Selected Principal Procedures; Age Specific Data for Selected Procedures; In-Patient and Daycase with Principal Diagnosis and Average Length of Hospital Stay; In-Patient Hospital Discharge Data for Principal Diagnoses; Hospital Discharge Data for Principal Diagnoses; Hospital Discharge Rates for Principal Diagnoses; In-Patient Hospital Discharge Data for Principal Procedures; Hospital Discharge Data for Principal Procedures; Hospital Discharges of In-Patients, Daycases and Length of Stay (All Diagnoses); Age-Standardised Data for Selected Principal Procedures; Age-Standardised Data for Principal Procedures; Potential Years of Life Lost; Selected Principal Procedures; Age-Standardised Data for All Procedures. Filtered by year, age group, sex, type of procedure, principal and additional procedure, selected principal procedure, area, ISHMT, county, and HSE region, and cause of death.

Source of Information: Unknown.

Data level: National level.

Number of Records: Unknown.

Date Range: Varies.

Cancer Areas of Interest: Varies for each dataset. Neoplasms; Malignant neoplasm - colon, rectum, anus; Malignant neoplasms - trachea, bronchus, lung; Malignant neoplasm - skin; Malignant neoplasm - breast; Malignant neoplasm - uterus; Malignant neoplasm - ovary; Malignant neoplasm - prostate; Malignant neoplasm - bladder; Other malignant neoplasms; Carcinoma in situ; Benign neoplasm of colon, rectum, anus; Leiomyoma of the uterus; Other benign/uncertain neoplasms; Malignant neoplasm of lip, oral cavity, pharynx; Malignant neoplasm of the esophagus; Malignant neoplasm of the stomach; Malignant neoplasm of rectum and anus; Malignant neoplasm of liver and the intrahepatic bile ducts; Malignant neoplasm of the pancreas; Malignant neoplasm of larynx and trachea/bronchus/lung; Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri; Malignant neoplasm of other parts of the uterus; Malignant neoplasm of the kidney; Malignant neoplasm of lymph/haematopoietic tissue; All other malignant neoplasms; Cancer of trachea, bronchus, and lung; Malignant neoplasm of the larynx; Cancer.

Data access: Publicly available. Access the databases [1] through the filtering tool. Go to the "Other Public Sector Bodies" tab in "Browse" to enter the Department of Health's folder. In that folder, you will find several databases of health statistics with lists of cancer areas of interest.

Contact information: Information [2].