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Type of Database: registry.
Primary purpose: To compile statistics on causes of death in Belgium using statistical declaration-of-death forms and WHO's ICD-10 coding.
Sponsor, manager or home institution: Statistics Belgium.
Type of information: longitudinal. causes of death and number of deaths, month, year, age and sex. To access the source, click on "Variables" on this page: Click here to learn more. Further sociodemographic and medical information is available on request, both for citizens in aggregated form and for scientific research in the form of microdata.
Available type of information: causes of death and number of deaths, month, year, age, sex, and place of residence.
Source of Information: Statistical declaration-of-death forms (Model IIIC and Model IIID) that are filled out by a certifying physician and completed by the municipal administration of the place of death for every death that occurs in Belgium, which are then forwarded to the Communities and aggregated by AD Statistics to compile the statistics at the federal level. In addition to the death registration forms, the data are supplemented by information on deaths registered in the RNPP (National Population Register). Click here to learn more.
Data level: patient level.
Available data level: regional level and national level.
Number of Records: unknown.
Date range: 1998 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 PNG, CSV and XLSX. Instructions to request data for restricted content click here to access and click here to learn more. Data requires a grant proposal to be accessed.
Contact information: Click here to access.
databaseType::registry
dataOwner::Statistics Belgium
databaseStructure::longitudinal
hasVariable::causes of death
hasVariable::number of deaths
hasVariable::month
hasVariable::year
hasVariable::age
hasVariable::sex
availableVariable::causes of death
availableVariable::number of deaths
availableVariable::month
availableVariable::year
availableVariable::age
availableVariable::sex
availableVariable::place of residence
dataLevel::patient level
availableDataLevel::regional level
availableDataLevel::national level
numberRecords::unknown
dataStart::1998
dataEnd::onwards
dataAvailability::partially publicly available
hasDownloadableData::PNG
hasDownloadableData::CSV
hasDownloadableData::XLSX
hasDataAccessInstructions::[https://statbel.fgov.be/en/about-statbel/what-we-do/microdata-research click here to access
hasDataAccessInstructions::[https://www.statistik.at/services/tools/services/amdc-mikrodaten-fuer-die-wissenschaft/mikrodatennutzung-fragen-und-antworten click here to learn more
hasGrantRequirement::Data requires a grant proposal to be accessed
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
