Database: Statistics Estonia Cause of Death (Estonia)

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Statistics Estonia.

Primary purpose: The database provides information on deaths of Estonian permanent residents, including causes of death, to be used for population statistics, mortality rate assessment, population forecasting, and comparison with other EU member states, as well as by various state institutions, statisticians, and international organizations.

Type of information: The number of deaths registered during the calendar year and the distribution of the dead by demographic indicators and medical causes of death; indicators are published in absolute and relative numbers (multipliers). By type of deceased settlement unit, place of residence and month of death, gender, age group, nationality, marital status, education level, cause of death. Perinatal deaths; Stillbirths. Infant deaths by gender, age, place of residence, date of birth, mother's age, mother's marital status, mother's level of education.

Available type of information: Total deaths, death rate, standardized death multiplier, death per 100,000 population, cause of death, sex, and age.

Source of Information: Census.

Data level: Patient level.

Available data level: National level.

Number of Records: Unknown.

Date Range: 1989 onwards.

Cancer Areas of Interest: Cancer Areas of Interest: Statistics Estonia Cause of Death.

Data access: Partially publicly available [1] to access go to Population > Population indicators and composition > Population and population composition. Instructions to request data for restricted content [2].

Contact information: Information [3].