Database: Statistik Austria Cause of Death Registry (Austria)
Sponsor, manager or home institution: Statistik Austria.
Primary purpose: Provide open access information about cause of death.
Type of information: Data Dictionary: Statistik Austria Cause of Death Registry. More information and data dictionaries on this and other datasets [2]. To access the full list go to Search Table and type: "STF - Statistik der Standesfälle einschließlich Todesursachenstatistik", and then see Deceased - demographic characteristics and Deceased - causes of death.
Available type of information: Cancer incidence and mortality for all malignant neoplasms (C00–C97, excl. C44) by sex over time; Cancer incidence and mortality by tumor site, annual average from 2018 to 2020; Cancer incidence and mortality by federal provinces, annual average from 2018 to 2020.
Source of Information: Death data in Austria comes from registrar reports, including deaths of residents abroad since 2009. Results are classified by the person's last known residence.
Data level: Patient level.
Available data level: National and regional level.
Number of Records: Approximately 85,000.
Date Range: 1970 onwards.
Cancer Areas of Interest: Malignant neoplasm of brain and CNS; Malignant neoplasms of thyroid; Malignant neoplasm of bladder; Malignant neoplasm of kidney; Malignant neoplasm of prostate; Malignant neoplasm of ovary; Malignant neoplasm of other parts of uterus; Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri; Malignant neoplasm of breast; Malignant melanoma of skin; Malignant neoplasm of trachea, bronchus and lung; Malignant neoplasm of larynx; Malignant neoplasm of pancreas; Malignant neoplasm of gallbladder and of biliary tract; Malignant neoplasm of liver and intrahepatic bile ducts; Malignant neoplasm of colon, rectum, anus and anal canal; Malignant neoplasm of small intestine; Malignant neoplasm of stomach; Malignant neoplasm of oesophagus; Malignant neoplasm of lip, oral cavity, pharynx; Malignant neoplasms, stated or presumed to be primary, of lymphoid, haematopoietic and related tissue; Leukemia; Morbus Hodgkin and lymphoma; Other malignant neoplasms.
Data access: Data is partially publicly available [3]. Instructions to request data for restricted content [4].
Contact information: Information [5].
