Database: KSH Cause of Death Registry (Hungary)

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Primary purpose: To provide statistical accounting of all deaths in Hungary and deaths abroad of persons with a Hungarian address.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Központi Statisztikai Hivatal.

Type of information: Data dictionary was not found. Includes date of birth and death, place of death, marital status, citizenship, address, education, economic activity, occupation, employment relationship, data on the living spouse in the case of a deceased spouse (and the number of children in the case of deceased women) and causes of death (declarant of death, series of diseases leading to death and the date of their onset, circumstances of unnatural death). Click here to learn more.

Available type of information: Data Dictionary: KSH Cause of Death Registry. place of residence; year; place of death; year; month; causes of death; place of residence; education of the deceased; age; the person who stated the cause of death; sex; marital status.

Infant deaths: cause of infant deaths; deaths under 1 year of age; marital status of mother; age-group of mother; gestation period; group of weight of infants deceased; the highest level of educational attainment of father; the highest level of educational attainment of mother; live birth order; mother's actual place of residence.

Perinatal infant deaths: deaths within 0-6 days and number of dead-born infants; number of pregnancies; perinatal age; cause of perinatal deaths; group of weight of perinatal deaths; total birth order [1].

Source of Information: Direct data collection by the KSH (Hungarian Central Statistical Office) and various questionnaires, such as the "Death sheet," "Death Examination Certificate," "Notification on the modification of the Postmortem Certificate," "Perinatal post mortem certificate," and "Perinatal death (pathological) notice." In the case of death of Hungarian citizens abroad, the available data must be provided by the authority conducting the domestic civil registration.

Data level: patient level.

Available data level: regional level.

Number of Records: unknown.

Date range: 2015 onwards.

Cancer Areas of Interest: KSH Cause of Death Registry.

Data access: partially publicly available [2] under "Population" > "Mortality". Instructions to request data for restricted content [3].

Contact information: Information [4].