Database: DHIR National Mortality Register (Malta)

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Type of database: registry.

Primary purpose: To collect and store internationally recognized data on deaths occurring on the Islands of Malta and Gozo, analyze it, and provide information for health policies, epidemiological studies, research, parliament, media, and international organizations.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Directorate for Health Information and Research; Ministry for Health.

Type of information: cross-sectional. age; sex; marital status; place of residence; employment status; causes of death; year. Data Dictionary: DHIR National Mortality Register.

Available type of information: causes of death; number of deaths, Mortality rate; Type of place of death; Deaths due to malignancy; Leading causes of death; age; sex; year. Click here to learn more in Annual Reports.

Source of Information: Death certificates.

Data level: patient level.

Available data level: national level.

Number of records: Number of deaths each year available in the reports.

Date range: 1872 onwards.

Available date range: 1998 to 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.