Cause of death declarations

Summary

Strengths: This registry provides very long time series, high coverage and high quality data.

Type of data

Data Source
Registry

Type of Study
Crosssection regular

Data gathering method
Other: Paper registration, processed to electronic registration

Access to data

Conditions of access
Data cannot be downloaded directly.

Type of available data (e.g. anonymised microdata, aggregated tables, etc.)
Anonymised microdata

Formats available
SPSS (default)

Coverage

Coverage Years of collection, reference years, and sample sizes
Data was collected between 1950 and 2011 using an integral observation of the Dutch population; data collection is ongoing and is scheduled to continue at some point in the future. Data from 2012 will be available in July 2013.

First year of collection
1950

Stratification if applicable
Not applicable

Base used for sampling

Geographical coverage and breakdowns
All deaths of people registered in population administration

Age range
No age restrictions

Statistical representativeness
Other, please specify

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics
Detailed study of: Deaths and causes of death.

Linkage

Standardisation

Possibility of linkage among databases
Linkable to other person databases through anonymized personal number.

Data quality

Entry errors if applicable
Data are checked and corrected for validity

Breaks
Breaks due to different international classifications of the ICD; << http://www.cbs.nl/NR/rdonlyres/8B2571A9-BF73-4CCC-8558-595BFA6EA6DD/0/2012reconstructinglongtermseriescauseofdeathstatistics.pdf >>

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection
Different revisions of classification of death causes. Last revision applied in 1996.

Governance

Contact information
Department of Health and Health Care
Statistics Netherlands
Henri Faasdreef 312
2492 JP Den Haag Netherlands Phone: Infoservice: 003188 570 70 70
Email: info(at)cbs.nl
Url:

Timeliness, transparency
Data is collected on a monthly basis. Preliminary data is available 4 months after collection. Final database is published 7 months after collection.