Database: ÚZIS Cause of Death Register (Czech Republic)

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Primary purpose: To collect data on deceased individuals and the circumstances of their death to create mortality and causes of death statistics.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Ústav zdravotnických informací a statistiky ČR.

Type of information: Data Dictionary: ÚZIS Cause of Death Register. For more metadata information click here to learn more.

Available type of information: number of deaths, place of residence, age, sex, diagnosis, mortality rates (European standard), mortality trends and international comparisons.

Source of Information: Doctors who perform examinations or autopsies of deceased individuals.

Data level: patient level.

Available data level: regional level.

Number of Records: unknown.

Date range: 1988 onwards.

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

Data access: partially publicly available. Click here to access. Instructions to request data for restricted content click here to access.

Contact information: Click here to access.