Database: Statistics Estonia Cause of Death (Estonia)

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Sponsor, manager or home institution: Statistics Estonia.

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.

Type of information: Data dictionary has not been found.

Available type of information: number of deaths, sex, place of residence, age, causes of death, marital status, education [1]

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: neoplasms (C00-D48).

Data access: partially publicly available [2] (To access, open the website, click in "Population" -> "Population events" -> "Deaths"). Instructions to request data for restricted content [3].

Contact information: Information [4].