Data Dictionary: Socialstyrelsen Cause of Death Registry

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Age at death in year at death itself
Alcohol-related diagnosis mentioned on the certificate
Marking for all entries that have an alcohol-related diagnosis either as an underlying or contributing cause of death
Registration of any marking on accident during gainful employment present
The year of death
Age at death in days if the person in question has died before she/he has turned 1 month old
Age at death at the actual death in five-year age groups
Age at death in months if the person in question has died after she/he has turned 1 month but before she/he has turned 1 year
Registration of any marking on the form regarding the age of the deceased
About clinical or forensic autopsy
About examination before death in the hospital
About external autopsy
About "other source" or unknown source
Diabetes as either an underlying or contributing cause of death
The deceased's date of death
Place of death
Death abroad
Previous marital status
The country in which the deceased was born
The deceased's date of birth
The deceased's county of birth
ICD version
Main damage when the underlying cause of death is an external cause, a code from Chapter 19 (ICD-10) is included in this variable; for ICD 7, ICD 8 and ICD 9, this information is found in chapter 17 (KAP17) instead
Sex
County, municipality where the deceased was registered at the time of death
District where the deceased was registered at the time of death
County, municipality, parish where the deceased was registered at the time of death
Multiple causes of death according to the ICD (In combination with ULORSAK and KAP19/KAP17, these include all multiple causes of death)
Drug-related diagnosis mentioned on the certificate. Marking for all entries that have a drug-related diagnosis either as an underlying or contributing cause of death. (Please note that this is an old definition that is no longer used by the National Board of Health and Welfare)
Nationality
Date of possible surgery
If surgery was undertaken within 4 weeks before death
The deceased's social security number
Which line and which place on the certificate did the diagnosis appear
Indicates where the deceased was registered
Base list
Underlying cause of death according to ICD
Nordic list
About examination before death outside the hospital
Indicates that the deceased was not registered in Sweden at the time of death
Municipality where the death took place
Nationality/national registration country for deceased persons who were not registered in Sweden at the time of death
Variable that shows the quality of a personal identification number (PNR) according to certain predetermined rules. (The variable is created using the standard macro checking)
The year of death
Underlying cause of death according to ICD
CONE
Substances