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Civil Registration - Deaths

Population Size

Not reported
Population Size statistic card

Years

1993

Years statistic card

Associated BioSamples

None/not available

Associated BioSamples statistic card

Geographic coverage

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Geographic coverage statistic card

Lead time

Other

Lead time statistic card

Summary

Deaths registration data (all deaths in England and Wales) collected from The Registrar General for England and Wales. Record-level person data set, where a record represents one death registration.

Documentation

Deaths registration data (all deaths in England and Wales) collected from The Registrar General for England and Wales.

Record-level patient data set, where a record represents one death registration.

The data are collected at source from Local Registry offices at the point of death registration.

The data are collated nationally by the Register General before being passed to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), for use in statistics and coding.

Coding includes such things cause of death coding using the International Classifications of Diseases (ICD) coding system, attributing socio-economic code classifications based on occupation.

ONS maintains its own version of the data set for its use in statistics.

In addition to the description, please add "Timescales for dissemination can be found under 'Our Service Levels' at the following link: https://digital.nhs.uk/services/data-access-request-service-dars/data-access-request-service-dars-process ". Supports HDR UK Delivery Lead Time below which has a standard answer of OTHER: If the typical timeframe does not fit into the broad ranges i.e. lightweight application vs linked data application, please choose “Other” and indicate the typical timeframe within the description for the dataset

The Civil Registration of Deaths data contains 14 million unique registrations since 1993 onwards, increasing yearly. Average 500,000 - 600,000 new death registrations yearly.

Records cover all deaths registered in England & Wales. ICD coding is 9th and 10th.

https://digital.nhs.uk/services/data-access-request-service-dars

Timescales for dissemination can be found under 'Our Service Levels' at the following link: https://digital.nhs.uk/services/data-access-request-service-dars/data-access-request-service-dars-process

Dataset type

Health and disease

Dataset sub-type

Not applicable

Keywords

Observations

Observed Node

Disambiguating Description

Measured Value

Measured Property

Observation Date

Events

Number of unique death registrations since 1993 in England and Wales.

14900000

Count

15 Jan 2021

Provenance

Purpose of dataset collection

Administrative

Source of data extraction

Other

Collection source setting

Other

Image contrast

Not stated

Biological sample availability

None/not available

Structural Metadata

Details

Publishing frequency

Continuous

Version

10.0.0

Modified

08/10/2024

Citation Requirements

NHS ENGLAND

Coverage

Start date

01/01/1993

Time lag

1-2 weeks

Maximum age range

150

Follow-up

Other

Accessibility

Language

en

Controlled vocabulary

ICD9, ICD10, ODS, NHS NATIONAL CODES, OTHER

Format

CSV, Text

Data Access Request

Dataset pipeline status

Not available

Time to dataset access

Other

Access method category

TRE/SDE

Access service description

Once your DARS application has been approved, data will be made available either by secure file transfer or through the Data Access Environment (DAE). Secure file transfer: https://digital.nhs.uk/services/transfer-data-securely DAE: https://digital.nhs.uk/services/data-access-environment-dae

Jurisdiction

GB-EAW, GB-GBN

Data use requirements

Ethics approval required,Institution-specific restrictions,Project-specific restrictions,Time limit on use,User-specific restriction

Data Controller

NHS England (NHSE)

Data Processor

NHS England (NHSE)

Dataset Types: Health and disease


Collection Sources: Other

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