Database: Vital Statistics (Ireland)

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Type of database: registry, survey.

Primary purpose: Provide information about Marriages Registration, Death Registration, Stillbirths Registration, Live Births Registration and Mortality Differentials in Ireland.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Central Statistics Office (CSO).

Type of information: longitudinal. age; marital status; place of residence; year; employment status; sex; region.

Data Dictionary: Vital Statiscs - Ireland.

Available type of information: age; sex; marital status; place of residence; region; causes of death; number of deaths; year.

Available Data Dictionary: Vital Statiscs - Ireland.

Source of Information: Methodology for each section of the Vital Statistics database, click here to learn more.

Data level: patient level.

Available data level: regional level and national level.

Number of records: unknown.

Date range: varies for each section and variable.

Cancer areas of interest: C00-D48: All neoplasms. Click here to learn more. Full list of cancer types:

Cancer Areas of Interest: Vital Statistics.

Data access: partially publicly available. Click here to access. Data can be downloaded in the formats JSON; CSV; XLSX and PX. Data requires a grant proposal to be accessed. Instructions to request data for restricted content click here to access. For reports information click here to learn more.

Contact information: Click here to access.