Database: I.Stat - Causes of Death (Italy)
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Type of Database: registry and survey.
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).
Type of information: cross-sectional. age, sex, region, alcohol consumption, diagnosis, primary tumor localization, comorbidities, hospital location, number of deaths, causes of death, year, causes of death, causes of death.
Data Dictionary: Mortality by place of registration - regions.
Available type of information: Information on causes of death per age, sex, region, per number of inhabitants, among other information. Reports: Click here to learn more.
Source of information: Death certificates sent by municipalities to Istat.
Data level: patient level.
Available data level: regional level and national level.
Number of Records: All death certificates in Italy sent to Istat.
Date Range: 1923 onwards.
Cancer Areas of Interest: C00-C97: All cancer types. Click here to learn more. Full list of cancer types:
Cancer Areas of Interest: I.Stat - Causes of Death.
Data access: partially publicly available Click here to learn more. Instructions to request data for restricted content Click here to learn more. Data can be downloaded in the formats PDF.
Contact information: Information Click here to access.
