Database: Statistics Estonia Cause of Death (Estonia)

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Type of database: registry.

Primary purpose: The database provides information on deaths of Estonian permanent residents, including causes of death, to be used for population statistics, mortality rate assessment, population forecasting, and comparison with other EU member states, as well as by various state institutions, statisticians, and international organizations.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Statistics Estonia.

Type of information: longitudinal. number of deaths, sex, place of residence, age, causes of death, marital status, education. Data dictionary has not been found.

Available type of information: number of deaths, sex, place of residence, age, causes of death, marital status, education. Click here to access.

Source of Information: Census.

Data level: patient level.

Available data level: national level.

Number of Records: unknown.

Date range: 1989 onwards.

Cancer areas of interest: C00-D48: All neoplasms. Click here to learn more. Cancer Areas of Interest: Statistics Estonia Cause of Death.

Data access: partially publicly available. Click here to access, go to "Population" -> "Population events" -> "Deaths"). Data can be downloaded in the formats XLSX; CSV; PX; XML; TXT; JSON and HTML. Data requires a grant proposal to be accessed. Instructions to request data for restricted content click here to access.

Contact information: Click here to access.