Database: Cause of Death Registry (Germany)

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Type of database: registry.

Primary purpose: Cause of death statistics database is used to compile information about cause of death from german citizens.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Forschungsdatenzentren der Statistischen Ämter des Bundes und der Länder (FDZ); Robert Koch Institute (RKI).

Type of information: longitudinal. age; sex; marital status; place of residence; causes of death; number of deaths; year.

Data Dictionary: Cause of Death Registry - Germany.

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Available type of information: number of deaths, place of residence, year, sex, age.

Source of Information: The data are based on the death certificates issued as part of the coroner's inquest.

Data level: patient level.

Available data level: regional level.

Number of records: unknown.

Date range: 1992 - 2020.

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 XLSX; CSV; FLAT and XML. Data requires a grant proposal to be accessed. Instructions to request data for restricted content click here to access, and click here to access.

Contact information: Click here to access.