Database: Cause of Death Registry (Germany)

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Sponsor, manager or home institution: Forschungsdatenzentren der Statistischen Ämter des Bundes und der Länder (FDZ); Robert Koch Institute (RKI).

Primary purpose: Cause of death statistics database is used to compile information about cause of death from german citizens.

Type of information: Includes cause of death, location of death, and patient information such as residence, marital status, among other information. More information about the contents of the survey database [1].

Source of Information: The data are based on the death certificates issued as part of the coroner's inquest.

Data level: Patient level.

Number of Records: Unknown.

Date Range: 1992 to 2020.

Cancer Areas of Interest: Neoplasms (C00 – D48).

Data access: Partially publicly available [2]. Instructions to request data for restricted content [3], [4].

Contact information: Information [5].