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Type of database: registry.
Primary purpose: Register the occurrence and cause of mortality in Luxembourg territory for residents and non-residents. Click here to learn more.
Sponsor, manager or home institution: Directorate of Health.
Type of information: longitudinal. sex;
place of residence; marital status; hospital location; causes of death;
region; employment status; year; number of deaths.
Data Dictionary - Mortality by cause of death Luxembourg.
Available type of information: number of deaths; causes of death; sex, Chapter (residents and non-residents); Distribution of deaths; Crude death rate per 100,000 population; Evolution of the number of deaths; Evolution of the crude mortality rate per 100,000 inhabitants; Block or group; age group; Number of people residing abroad who died in Luxembourg; Country of residence; Standardized death rate per 100,000 population in European countries; year.
Source of information: Death certificates.
Data level: patient level.
Available data level: national level.
Number of records: Around 4000 deaths per year (4402 deaths in 2021).
Date range: 1967 onwards.
Cancer areas of interest: C00-D48: All neoplasms. Click here to learn more. Full list of cancer types:
Cancer areas of interest - Mortality by cause of death Luxembourg.
Data access: partially publicly available. Click here to access. The number of deaths by type of tumour and year is available in the table "Death by cause" in the topic "Health" of the "Social conditions" section, click here to access. Data can be downloaded in the formats PDF; CSV and XLSX. Instructions to request data for restricted content click here to access.
Contact information: Click here to access.
Mouth
Throat
Oropharynx
Nasopharynx
Hypopharynx
Larynx
Salivary glands
Lips
Tonsils
base of tongue
Voice box
Esophagus
Stomach
Small intestine
Large intestine
Colon
Rectum
Anus
Liver
Gallbladder
Bile ducts
Pancreas
Lung
Trachea
Bronchi
Pleura
Mediastinum
Bone
Cartilage
Osteosarcoma
Ewings sarcoma
Skin
Melanoma
Scalp
Lips
Hands
Feet
Muscle
Fat
Tendon
Ligament
Blood vessels
Connective tissue
Sarcoma
Angiosarcoma
Liposarcoma
Lobular
Breast
Nipple
Areola
Ductal
Vulva
Vagina
Cervix
Uterus
Ovary
Fallopian tubes
Endometrium
Prostate
Testicles
Penis
Kidney
Ureter
Bladder
Urethra
Eye
Brain
Spinal cord
Thyroid gland
Parathyroid
Adrenal glands
Pituitary gland
Pancreas
Thymus gland
Peritoneum
Pericardium
Retroperitoneum
Mesothelium
Blood
Bone marrow
Lymph nodes
Spleen
Leukemia
databaseType::registry
dataOwner::Directorate of Health
databaseStructure::longitudinal
hasVariable::sex
hasVariable::place of residence
hasVariable::marital status
hasVariable::hospital location
hasVariable::causes of death
hasVariable::region
hasVariable::employment status
hasVariable::year
hasVariable::number of deaths
hasDataDictionary::Data Dictionary - Mortality by cause of death Luxembourg
availableVariable::number of deaths
availableVariable::causes of death
availableVariable::sex
availableVariable::age
availableVariable::place of residence|Country of residence
availableVariable::year
dataLevel::patient level
availableDataLevel::national level
dataStart::1967
dataEnd::onwards
dataAvailability::partially publicly available
hasDownloadableData::PDF
hasDownloadableData::CSV
hasDownloadableData::XLSX
hasDataAccessInstructions::[https://dirsante.gouvernement.lu/fr/la-direction/structure/epidemiologie-statistique.html click here to access
isDatabase
hasCancerType::C00-D48: All neoplasms
hasCancerType::C00-C97: All cancer types
hasCancerType::C00-C14: Mouth/throat cancers
hasCancerType::C15-C26: Digestive system cancers
hasCancerType::C30-C39: Lung/chest cancers
hasCancerType::C40-C41: Bone cancers
hasCancerType::C43-C44: Skin cancers/melanoma
hasCancerType::C45-C49: Soft tissue cancer
hasCancerType::C50: Breast cancer
hasCancerType::C51-C58: Female genitalia cancers
hasCancerType::C60-C63: Male genitalia cancer
hasCancerType::C64-C68: Urinary system cancers
hasCancerType::C69-C72: Eye and brain cancer
hasCancerType::C73-C75: Thyroid and other gland cancers
hasCancerType::C76-C80: Cancers of unknown or unspecified areas
hasCancerType::C81-C96: Cancers of the blood and immune system
hasCancerType::C97-C97: Cancers in multiple locations from the start
hasCancerType::D00-D09: Early-stage cancers not yet spread
hasCancerType::D10-D36: Benign tumour
hasCancerType::D37-D48: Growths of uncertain nature
hasCancerType::unknown
