Database: ELSTAT Cause of Death (Greece)

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Sponsor, manager or home institution: Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT).

Primary purpose: Provide cause of death information.

Type of information: Data dictionary was not found.

Available type of information: Cause of death filtered by sex and age.

Source of Information: Administrative records (Death Certificates) provided by the Registries throughout the country and forensic reports in cases of violent or sudden deaths.

Data level: Municipal level.

Available data level: National level.

Number of Records: Unknown.

Date Range: 1956 onwards.

Cancer Areas of Interest: Malignant neoplasms (C00-C96): Malignant neoplasms of lip, oral cavity and pharynx (C00-C14); Malignant neoplasm of esophagus (C15); Malignant neoplasm of stomach (C16); Malignant neoplasms of colon, rectosigmoid junction, rectum, anus and anal canal (C18-C21); Malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (C22); Malignant neoplasm of pancreas (C25); Malignant neoplasm of larynx (C32); Malignant neoplasms of trachea, bronchus and lung (C33-C34); Malignant melanoma of skin (C43); Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50); Malignant neoplasm of cervix (C53); Malignant neoplasm of uterus, other and unspecified (C54-C55); Malignant neoplasm of ovary (C56); Malignant neoplasm of prostate (C61); Malignant neoplasm of kidney (C64); Malignant neoplasm of bladder (C67); Malignant neoplasms of meninges, brain and other parts of central nervous system (C70-C72); Malignant neoplasm of thyroid gland (C73); Hodgkin's disease and lymphomas (C81-C85); Leukemias (C91-C95); Multiple myeloma and other malignant neoplasms of lymphoid and hematopoietic tissue (C88, C90, C96); Other malignant neoplasms (C17, C23-C24, C26-C31, C37-C41, C44-C49, C51-C52, C57-C60, C62-C63, C65-C66, C68-C69, C74-C80); Other neoplasms (in situ, benign, of uncertain or unknown behavior) (D00-D48).

Data access: Partially publicly available [3]. Instructions to request data for restricted content [4].

Contact information: Information [5].