Database: Statistics Finland - Cause of Death (Finland)

Primary purpose: Provide publicly available information on causes of death.

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

Type of information: Data Dictionary: Causes of death - research data.

More information about the data contained in the database [1].

Available type of information: Deaths by underlying cause of death, age, sex, and county.

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: From 1969 onwards.

Cancer Areas of Interest (ICD-10): Neoplasms (C00-D48); malignant neoplasms (C00-C97); malignant neoplasm of lip, oral cavity and pharynx (C00-C14); oesophagus (C15); stomach (C16); colon (C18, C19); rectum, anus and anal canal (C20-C21); primary malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts (C22); malignant neoplasm of pancreas (C25); larynx, trachea, bronchus and lung (C32-C34); malignant melanoma of skin (C43); breast (C50); cervix uteri (C53); uterus (C54-C55); ovary (C56); prostate (C61); kidney (C64); bladder (C67); lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissue (C81-C96), other malignant neoplasms; other neoplasms (D00-D48).

Data access: Partially publicly available [2]. Instructions to request data for restricted content [3].

Contact information: Information [4].