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Deaths – National Records Scotland

Population Size

734,000

People

Population Size statistic card

Years

1988

Years statistic card

Associated BioSamples

None/not available

Associated BioSamples statistic card

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom

Scotland

Geographic coverage statistic card

Lead time

Other

Lead time statistic card

Summary

Cause of death data from National Records Scotland (NRS, formerly General Registrar Office (GRO) and contains data relating to the causes of death of patients.

Documentation

This data can be used to identify causes of death. As this data does not originate from the health service, it is not originally CHI seeded. From approx. 2015 onwards, the data was supplied with CHI number, though only covering around 95% of the data. Prior to 2015, and for those records supplied with no CHI an automated mechanism which identifies over 90% of the records is used to CHI seed. This is further augmented by manual data entry.

Due to these procedures, this dataset does not necessarily represent all deceased persons.

Dataset type

Health and disease

Dataset population size

734000

Keywords

Observations

Observed Node

Disambiguating Description

Measured Value

Measured Property

Observation Date

Persons

734,000 people in the dataset

734000

COUNT

27 Sep 2021

Events

766000 events in the dataset

766000

Count

10 Nov 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

Monthly

Version

4.0.0

Modified

08/10/2024

Distribution release date

27/09/2021

Citation Requirements

National Records Scotland

Coverage

Start date

06/07/1988

Time lag

1-2 weeks

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom, Scotland

Maximum age range

150

Follow-up

Unknown

Accessibility

Language

en

Controlled vocabulary

LOCAL

Format

database

Data Access Request

Dataset pipeline status

Not available

Access rights

https://www.dundee.ac.uk/hic/governance-service

Time to dataset access

Other

Access method category

TRE/SDE

Access service description

HIC has implemented a remote-access Trusted Research Environment to protect data confidentiality, satisfy public concerns about data loss and reassure Data Controllers about HIC’s secure management and processing of their data.

Data is not released externally to data users for analysis on their own computers but placed on a server at HIC, within a restricted, secure IT environment, where the data user is given secure remote access to carry out their analysis.

Full details are available via the following link: https://www.dundee.ac.uk/hic/safe-haven

Jurisdiction

GB-SCT

Data use limitation

General research use

Data use requirements

Disclosure control

Data Controller

National Records Scotland

Data Processor

University of Dundee, Health Informatics Centre

Dataset Types: Health and disease

Collection Sources: Other