Database: I.Stat - Causes of Death (Italy)

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Type of Database: registry.

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, year, causes of death. Click here to learn more.

Available type of information: Information on causes of death per age, sex, region, per number of inhabitants, among other information. For reports information 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-D48: All neoplasms. 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 access. Data can be downloaded in the PDF format. Instructions to request data for restricted content click here to learn access.

Contact information: Information Click here to access.