Database: Mortality by Malignant Neoplasms (Portugal)
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Type of database: registry.
Primary purpose: Provide information regarding the national mortality and its social and demographic distribution.
Sponsor, manager or home institution: Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE).
Type of information: longitudinal. causes of death, comorbidities, year, sex, education level, age, marital status, employment status, place of residence.
Data Dictionary - Mortality by malignant neoplasms Portugal.
Available type of information: number of deaths and potential years of life lost by causes of death, comorbidities, diagnosis, year, sex, age, place of residence.
Data Dictionary: Database: Mortality by Malignant Neoplasms.
Source of information: Data collection through the notary offices and registered in the Integrated System for Civil Registration and Identification (SIRIC).
Data level: patient level.
Available data level: regional level and national level.
Number of records: unknown.
Date range: Regional and national levels: 2002 onwards; Patient level: 1998 onwards.
Cancer areas of interest: C00-C97: All cancer types.
Cancer areas of interest - Mortality by malignant neoplasms Portugal
Data access: partially publicly available.
Number and Rate of Potential Years of Life Lost and Deaths tables: click here to access (Choose the type of data by clicking on the section "Include/remove indicators", adjust the types of variables by clicking on "Change selection conditions", and visualize the data table by clicking on "Obtain table"). Data can be downloaded in the formats PDF, CSV, and XLSX. Instructions to request data for restricted content: click here to access. Data requires a grant proposal to be accessed.
Contact information: Click here to access.
