Database: Statistics Finland - Cause of Death (Finland)

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Type of database: registry.

Primary purpose: To document and analyze the causes of death among individuals permanently residing in Finland to inform public health policies and medical research.

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

Type of information: longitudinal. sex; year; age; causes of death; region; number of deaths.

Data Dictionary: Causes of death - Statistics Finland.

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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. Data can be downloaded in the formats XLSX; CSV; PX; XML; HTM; TXT and JSON. Data requires a grant proposal to be accessed. Instructions to request data for restricted content click here to access.

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