Database: Statistics Finland - Cause of Death (Finland)

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Type of database: registry.

Primary purpose: Provide publicly available information on causes of death.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Statistics Finland; Ministry of Finance.

Type of information: longitudinal. Data Dictionary: Causes of death - Statistics Finland. Click here to learn more.

Available type of information: number of deaths, causes of death, sex, age, place of residence, year. Click here to learn more.

Source of Information: Death certificates and data from the Population Information System.

Data level: patient level.

Available data level: regional level.

Number of records: unknown.

Date range: 1969 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.