Deaths – National Records Scotland

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{
  "summary": {
    "title": "Deaths – National Records Scotland",
    "abstract": "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.",
    "keywords": "Deaths;,;NRS;,;HIC;,;SCOTLAND",
    "publisher": {
      "name": "Health Informatics Centre - University of Dundee",
      "gatewayId": "5baa31c1-0280-4482-b8b7-a4953869f184"
    },
    "inPipeline": "Not available",
    "shortTitle": "Deaths – National Records Scotland",
    "datasetType": "Health and disease",
    "description": "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.\nPrior 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.\n\nDue to these procedures, this dataset does not necessarily represent all deceased persons.",
    "contactPoint": "hicsupport@dundee.ac.uk",
    "datasetSubType": "Not applicable",
    "populationSize": 734000
  },
  "coverage": {
    "spatial": "United Kingdom,Scotland",
    "followUp": "Unknown",
    "typicalAgeRange": "0-150"
  },
  "required": {
    "issued": "2024-10-08T11:28:30.195392Z",
    "version": "4.0.0",
    "modified": "2024-10-08T11:28:30.195406Z",
    "gatewayId": "113",
    "revisions": [
      {
        "url": "https://web.prod.hdruk.cloud//dataset/113?version=1.0.0",
        "version": "1.0.0"
      }
    ],
    "gatewayPid": "814153b0-18e0-4d90-949f-a3b5fc1dbc7b"
  },
  "provenance": {
    "origin": {
      "source": "Other",
      "purpose": "Administrative",
      "imageContrast": "Not stated",
      "collectionSituation": "Other"
    },
    "temporal": {
      "timeLag": "1-2 weeks",
      "startDate": "1988-07-06",
      "accrualPeriodicity": "Monthly",
      "distributionReleaseDate": "2021-09-27"
    }
  },
  "observations": [
    {
      "observedNode": "Persons",
      "measuredValue": 734000,
      "observationDate": "2021-09-27",
      "measuredProperty": "COUNT",
      "disambiguatingDescription": "734,000 people in the dataset"
    },
    {
      "observedNode": "Events",
      "measuredValue": 766000,
      "observationDate": "2021-11-10",
      "measuredProperty": "Count",
      "disambiguatingDescription": "766000 events in the dataset"
    }
  ],
  "accessibility": {
    "usage": {
      "resourceCreator": {
        "name": "National Records Scotland"
      },
      "dataUseLimitation": "General research use",
      "dataUseRequirement": "Disclosure control"
    },
    "access": {
      "accessRights": "https://www.dundee.ac.uk/hic/governance-service",
      "jurisdiction": "GB-SCT",
      "accessService": "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.\n\nData 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.\n\nFull details are available via the following link:\nhttps://www.dundee.ac.uk/hic/safe-haven",
      "dataProcessor": "University of Dundee, Health Informatics Centre",
      "dataController": "National Records Scotland",
      "deliveryLeadTime": "Not applicable",
      "accessServiceCategory": "TRE/SDE"
    },
    "formatAndStandards": {
      "formats": "database",
      "languages": "en",
      "vocabularyEncodingSchemes": "LOCAL"
    }
  },
  "structuralMetadata": [
    {
      "name": "Deaths GRO - NRS",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "PROCHI",
          "dataType": "varchar(10)",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "Anonymised patient identifier"
        }
      ],
      "description": "This dataset is from National Records Scotland (NRS, formerly General Registrar Office (GRO) and contains data relating to the causes of death of patients.   This data should be considered as supplemental data, and used to identify causes of death.  As this data does not originate from the health service, is is not originally CHI seeded.    This procedure is carried out using an automated mechanism which identifies over 90% of the records.  This is further augmented by manual data entry.  this dataset therefore data does not necessarily represent all deceased persons."
    },
    {
      "name": "Deaths GRO - NRS",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "DtDeath",
          "dataType": "date",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "This field represents the date of Death."
        }
      ],
      "description": "This dataset is from National Records Scotland (NRS, formerly General Registrar Office (GRO) and contains data relating to the causes of death of patients.   This data should be considered as supplemental data, and used to identify causes of death.  As this data does not originate from the health service, is is not originally CHI seeded.    This procedure is carried out using an automated mechanism which identifies over 90% of the records.  This is further augmented by manual data entry.  this dataset therefore data does not necessarily represent all deceased persons."
    },
    {
      "name": "Deaths GRO - NRS",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "YRreg",
          "dataType": "varchar(10)",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "This field represents the year registered."
        }
      ],
      "description": "This dataset is from National Records Scotland (NRS, formerly General Registrar Office (GRO) and contains data relating to the causes of death of patients.   This data should be considered as supplemental data, and used to identify causes of death.  As this data does not originate from the health service, is is not originally CHI seeded.    This procedure is carried out using an automated mechanism which identifies over 90% of the records.  This is further augmented by manual data entry.  this dataset therefore data does not necessarily represent all deceased persons."
    },
    {
      "name": "Deaths GRO - NRS",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "HBcode",
          "dataType": "varchar(5)",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "A number between 1 and 17 indicating healthboard (See HBCode_Desc) for human readable names (e.g. .03 = 'Tayside')    This field represents the Health board where death was registered:     D = State Hospital  X = Common Services Agency  H = 01 = Highland  N = 02 = Grampian  T = 03 = Tayside  F = 04 = Fife  S = 05 = Lothian  B = 06 = Borders  V = 07 = Forth Valley  C = 08 = Argyle and Clyde  G = 09 = Greater Glasgow  L = 10 = Lanarkshire  A = 11 - Ayrshire and Arran  Y = 12 = Dumfries and Galloway  R = 13 = Orkney  Z = 14 = Shetland  W = 15 = Western Isles."
        }
      ],
      "description": "This dataset is from National Records Scotland (NRS, formerly General Registrar Office (GRO) and contains data relating to the causes of death of patients.   This data should be considered as supplemental data, and used to identify causes of death.  As this data does not originate from the health service, is is not originally CHI seeded.    This procedure is carried out using an automated mechanism which identifies over 90% of the records.  This is further augmented by manual data entry.  this dataset therefore data does not necessarily represent all deceased persons."
    },
    {
      "name": "Deaths GRO - NRS",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "DtReg",
          "dataType": "date",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "This field represents the date death was registered (always populated)."
        }
      ],
      "description": "This dataset is from National Records Scotland (NRS, formerly General Registrar Office (GRO) and contains data relating to the causes of death of patients.   This data should be considered as supplemental data, and used to identify causes of death.  As this data does not originate from the health service, is is not originally CHI seeded.    This procedure is carried out using an automated mechanism which identifies over 90% of the records.  This is further augmented by manual data entry.  this dataset therefore data does not necessarily represent all deceased persons."
    },
    {
      "name": "Deaths GRO - NRS",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "RegNo",
          "dataType": "int",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "This field represents a unique number to the patient and is anonymised on extraction."
        }
      ],
      "description": "This dataset is from National Records Scotland (NRS, formerly General Registrar Office (GRO) and contains data relating to the causes of death of patients.   This data should be considered as supplemental data, and used to identify causes of death.  As this data does not originate from the health service, is is not originally CHI seeded.    This procedure is carried out using an automated mechanism which identifies over 90% of the records.  This is further augmented by manual data entry.  this dataset therefore data does not necessarily represent all deceased persons."
    },
    {
      "name": "Deaths GRO - NRS",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "EntryNo",
          "dataType": "int",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "The entry number on the register (not unique but continuous based on the start of the Year - or possibly quarter.. not sure)."
        }
      ],
      "description": "This dataset is from National Records Scotland (NRS, formerly General Registrar Office (GRO) and contains data relating to the causes of death of patients.   This data should be considered as supplemental data, and used to identify causes of death.  As this data does not originate from the health service, is is not originally CHI seeded.    This procedure is carried out using an automated mechanism which identifies over 90% of the records.  This is further augmented by manual data entry.  this dataset therefore data does not necessarily represent all deceased persons."
    },
    {
      "name": "Deaths GRO - NRS",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "InstCode",
          "dataType": "varchar(16)",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "This field represents the location code at which health activity takes place. In other words, the location code represents the point of delivery of health care. . The statistical considerations for this entry are study specific. It is determined by the researchers in relation to their particular study. In some cases the Statistical Considerations field will remain blank because there is no information to provide for a specific entry. The location entry will only have a purpose if the researcher is studying multiple locations."
        }
      ],
      "description": "This dataset is from National Records Scotland (NRS, formerly General Registrar Office (GRO) and contains data relating to the causes of death of patients.   This data should be considered as supplemental data, and used to identify causes of death.  As this data does not originate from the health service, is is not originally CHI seeded.    This procedure is carried out using an automated mechanism which identifies over 90% of the records.  This is further augmented by manual data entry.  this dataset therefore data does not necessarily represent all deceased persons."
    },
    {
      "name": "Deaths GRO - NRS",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "icdcucd",
          "dataType": "varchar(25)",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "This field represents the Underlying Cause of Death.."
        }
      ],
      "description": "This dataset is from National Records Scotland (NRS, formerly General Registrar Office (GRO) and contains data relating to the causes of death of patients.   This data should be considered as supplemental data, and used to identify causes of death.  As this data does not originate from the health service, is is not originally CHI seeded.    This procedure is carried out using an automated mechanism which identifies over 90% of the records.  This is further augmented by manual data entry.  this dataset therefore data does not necessarily represent all deceased persons."
    },
    {
      "name": "Deaths GRO - NRS",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "icdrcd0",
          "dataType": "varchar(16)",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "This field represents the Other cause of death.."
        }
      ],
      "description": "This dataset is from National Records Scotland (NRS, formerly General Registrar Office (GRO) and contains data relating to the causes of death of patients.   This data should be considered as supplemental data, and used to identify causes of death.  As this data does not originate from the health service, is is not originally CHI seeded.    This procedure is carried out using an automated mechanism which identifies over 90% of the records.  This is further augmented by manual data entry.  this dataset therefore data does not necessarily represent all deceased persons."
    },
    {
      "name": "Deaths GRO - NRS",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "icdrcd1",
          "dataType": "varchar(16)",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "This field represents  the first other cause of death.  Up to 1999 ICD9 coding was used, from 2000 onwards ICD10 coding was used.."
        }
      ],
      "description": "This dataset is from National Records Scotland (NRS, formerly General Registrar Office (GRO) and contains data relating to the causes of death of patients.   This data should be considered as supplemental data, and used to identify causes of death.  As this data does not originate from the health service, is is not originally CHI seeded.    This procedure is carried out using an automated mechanism which identifies over 90% of the records.  This is further augmented by manual data entry.  this dataset therefore data does not necessarily represent all deceased persons."
    },
    {
      "name": "Deaths GRO - NRS",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "icdrcd2",
          "dataType": "varchar(16)",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "This field represents  the second other cause of death.  Up to 1999 ICD9 coding was used, from 2000 onwards ICD10 coding was used.."
        }
      ],
      "description": "This dataset is from National Records Scotland (NRS, formerly General Registrar Office (GRO) and contains data relating to the causes of death of patients.   This data should be considered as supplemental data, and used to identify causes of death.  As this data does not originate from the health service, is is not originally CHI seeded.    This procedure is carried out using an automated mechanism which identifies over 90% of the records.  This is further augmented by manual data entry.  this dataset therefore data does not necessarily represent all deceased persons."
    },
    {
      "name": "Deaths GRO - NRS",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "icdrcd3",
          "dataType": "varchar(16)",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "This field represents  the third other cause of death.  Up to 1999 ICD9 coding was used, from 2000 onwards ICD10 coding was used.."
        }
      ],
      "description": "This dataset is from National Records Scotland (NRS, formerly General Registrar Office (GRO) and contains data relating to the causes of death of patients.   This data should be considered as supplemental data, and used to identify causes of death.  As this data does not originate from the health service, is is not originally CHI seeded.    This procedure is carried out using an automated mechanism which identifies over 90% of the records.  This is further augmented by manual data entry.  this dataset therefore data does not necessarily represent all deceased persons."
    },
    {
      "name": "Deaths GRO - NRS",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "icdrcd4",
          "dataType": "varchar(16)",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "This field represents  the fourth other cause of death.  Up to 1999 ICD9 coding was used, from 2000 onwards ICD10 coding was used.."
        }
      ],
      "description": "This dataset is from National Records Scotland (NRS, formerly General Registrar Office (GRO) and contains data relating to the causes of death of patients.   This data should be considered as supplemental data, and used to identify causes of death.  As this data does not originate from the health service, is is not originally CHI seeded.    This procedure is carried out using an automated mechanism which identifies over 90% of the records.  This is further augmented by manual data entry.  this dataset therefore data does not necessarily represent all deceased persons."
    },
    {
      "name": "Deaths GRO - NRS",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "icdrcd5",
          "dataType": "varchar(16)",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "This field represents  the fifth other cause of death.  Up to 1999 ICD9 coding was used, from 2000 onwards ICD10 coding was used.."
        }
      ],
      "description": "This dataset is from National Records Scotland (NRS, formerly General Registrar Office (GRO) and contains data relating to the causes of death of patients.   This data should be considered as supplemental data, and used to identify causes of death.  As this data does not originate from the health service, is is not originally CHI seeded.    This procedure is carried out using an automated mechanism which identifies over 90% of the records.  This is further augmented by manual data entry.  this dataset therefore data does not necessarily represent all deceased persons."
    },
    {
      "name": "Deaths GRO - NRS",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "icdrcd6",
          "dataType": "varchar(16)",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "This field represents  the sixth other cause of death.  Up to 1999 ICD9 coding was used, from 2000 onwards ICD10 coding was used.."
        }
      ],
      "description": "This dataset is from National Records Scotland (NRS, formerly General Registrar Office (GRO) and contains data relating to the causes of death of patients.   This data should be considered as supplemental data, and used to identify causes of death.  As this data does not originate from the health service, is is not originally CHI seeded.    This procedure is carried out using an automated mechanism which identifies over 90% of the records.  This is further augmented by manual data entry.  this dataset therefore data does not necessarily represent all deceased persons."
    },
    {
      "name": "Deaths GRO - NRS",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "icdrcd7",
          "dataType": "varchar(16)",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "This field represents  the seventh other cause of death.  Up to 1999 ICD9 coding was used, from 2000 onwards ICD10 coding was used.."
        }
      ],
      "description": "This dataset is from National Records Scotland (NRS, formerly General Registrar Office (GRO) and contains data relating to the causes of death of patients.   This data should be considered as supplemental data, and used to identify causes of death.  As this data does not originate from the health service, is is not originally CHI seeded.    This procedure is carried out using an automated mechanism which identifies over 90% of the records.  This is further augmented by manual data entry.  this dataset therefore data does not necessarily represent all deceased persons."
    },
    {
      "name": "Deaths GRO - NRS",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "icdrcd8",
          "dataType": "varchar(16)",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "This field represents  the eighth other cause of death.  Up to 1999 ICD9 coding was used, from 2000 onwards ICD10 coding was used.."
        }
      ],
      "description": "This dataset is from National Records Scotland (NRS, formerly General Registrar Office (GRO) and contains data relating to the causes of death of patients.   This data should be considered as supplemental data, and used to identify causes of death.  As this data does not originate from the health service, is is not originally CHI seeded.    This procedure is carried out using an automated mechanism which identifies over 90% of the records.  This is further augmented by manual data entry.  this dataset therefore data does not necessarily represent all deceased persons."
    },
    {
      "name": "Deaths GRO - NRS",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "icdrcd9",
          "dataType": "varchar(16)",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "This field represents  the nineth other cause of death.  Up to 1999 ICD9 coding was used, from 2000 onwards ICD10 coding was used.  ."
        }
      ],
      "description": "This dataset is from National Records Scotland (NRS, formerly General Registrar Office (GRO) and contains data relating to the causes of death of patients.   This data should be considered as supplemental data, and used to identify causes of death.  As this data does not originate from the health service, is is not originally CHI seeded.    This procedure is carried out using an automated mechanism which identifies over 90% of the records.  This is further augmented by manual data entry.  this dataset therefore data does not necessarily represent all deceased persons."
    },
    {
      "name": "Deaths GRO - NRS",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "PlaceOccur",
          "dataType": "varchar(53)",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "The ‘place of occurrence’ code-list used for deaths which have been registered since the  start of 2000 is as follows:  0 - Home - NB: not necessarily the person's own home, as this code is used for any  non-institutional place of residence, whether or not the deceased lived there  1 - Residential institution  2 - School, other institution and public administrative area  Vital Events - Deaths - Background Information  3 - Sports and athletic area  4 - Street and highway  5 - Trade and service area  6 - Industrial and construction area  7 – Farm  8 - Other specified places  9 - Unspecified place     0 – Home  1 – Farm  2 - Mine or quarry  3 - Place of industry  4 - Sports / recreation area  5 - Street or highway  6 - Public building  7 - Residential institution  8 - Other specified place  9 - Unspecified or not known    http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files/statistics/vital-events/place-of-death-and-occurence.pdf."
        }
      ],
      "description": "This dataset is from National Records Scotland (NRS, formerly General Registrar Office (GRO) and contains data relating to the causes of death of patients.   This data should be considered as supplemental data, and used to identify causes of death.  As this data does not originate from the health service, is is not originally CHI seeded.    This procedure is carried out using an automated mechanism which identifies over 90% of the records.  This is further augmented by manual data entry.  this dataset therefore data does not necessarily represent all deceased persons."
    },
    {
      "name": "Deaths GRO - NRS",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "icdsupp0",
          "dataType": "varchar(16)",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "This field represents Supplementary Code 0  ."
        }
      ],
      "description": "This dataset is from National Records Scotland (NRS, formerly General Registrar Office (GRO) and contains data relating to the causes of death of patients.   This data should be considered as supplemental data, and used to identify causes of death.  As this data does not originate from the health service, is is not originally CHI seeded.    This procedure is carried out using an automated mechanism which identifies over 90% of the records.  This is further augmented by manual data entry.  this dataset therefore data does not necessarily represent all deceased persons."
    },
    {
      "name": "Deaths GRO - NRS",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "icdsupp1",
          "dataType": "varchar(16)",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "This field represents Supplementary Code 1  ."
        }
      ],
      "description": "This dataset is from National Records Scotland (NRS, formerly General Registrar Office (GRO) and contains data relating to the causes of death of patients.   This data should be considered as supplemental data, and used to identify causes of death.  As this data does not originate from the health service, is is not originally CHI seeded.    This procedure is carried out using an automated mechanism which identifies over 90% of the records.  This is further augmented by manual data entry.  this dataset therefore data does not necessarily represent all deceased persons."
    },
    {
      "name": "Deaths GRO - NRS",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "icdsupp2",
          "dataType": "varchar(16)",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "This field represents Supplementary Code 2  ."
        }
      ],
      "description": "This dataset is from National Records Scotland (NRS, formerly General Registrar Office (GRO) and contains data relating to the causes of death of patients.   This data should be considered as supplemental data, and used to identify causes of death.  As this data does not originate from the health service, is is not originally CHI seeded.    This procedure is carried out using an automated mechanism which identifies over 90% of the records.  This is further augmented by manual data entry.  this dataset therefore data does not necessarily represent all deceased persons."
    },
    {
      "name": "Deaths GRO - NRS",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "icdsupp3",
          "dataType": "varchar(16)",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "This field represents Supplementary Code 3  ."
        }
      ],
      "description": "This dataset is from National Records Scotland (NRS, formerly General Registrar Office (GRO) and contains data relating to the causes of death of patients.   This data should be considered as supplemental data, and used to identify causes of death.  As this data does not originate from the health service, is is not originally CHI seeded.    This procedure is carried out using an automated mechanism which identifies over 90% of the records.  This is further augmented by manual data entry.  this dataset therefore data does not necessarily represent all deceased persons."
    },
    {
      "name": "Deaths GRO - NRS",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "icdsupp4",
          "dataType": "varchar(16)",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "This field represents Supplementary Code 4  ."
        }
      ],
      "description": "This dataset is from National Records Scotland (NRS, formerly General Registrar Office (GRO) and contains data relating to the causes of death of patients.   This data should be considered as supplemental data, and used to identify causes of death.  As this data does not originate from the health service, is is not originally CHI seeded.    This procedure is carried out using an automated mechanism which identifies over 90% of the records.  This is further augmented by manual data entry.  this dataset therefore data does not necessarily represent all deceased persons."
    },
    {
      "name": "Deaths GRO - NRS",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "AgeUnd2",
          "dataType": "varchar(3)",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "This field represents the age if under 2 (use UnitScalUnd2 to determine exact age eg hours,days, weeks, years)  ."
        }
      ],
      "description": "This dataset is from National Records Scotland (NRS, formerly General Registrar Office (GRO) and contains data relating to the causes of death of patients.   This data should be considered as supplemental data, and used to identify causes of death.  As this data does not originate from the health service, is is not originally CHI seeded.    This procedure is carried out using an automated mechanism which identifies over 90% of the records.  This is further augmented by manual data entry.  this dataset therefore data does not necessarily represent all deceased persons."
    },
    {
      "name": "Deaths GRO - NRS",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "UnitScaleUnd2",
          "dataType": "varchar(10)",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "This field should be used in conjunction with AgeUnd2.  N = miNs, H = hours, D = days, W = weeks, M = months, Y = years  ."
        }
      ],
      "description": "This dataset is from National Records Scotland (NRS, formerly General Registrar Office (GRO) and contains data relating to the causes of death of patients.   This data should be considered as supplemental data, and used to identify causes of death.  As this data does not originate from the health service, is is not originally CHI seeded.    This procedure is carried out using an automated mechanism which identifies over 90% of the records.  This is further augmented by manual data entry.  this dataset therefore data does not necessarily represent all deceased persons."
    },
    {
      "name": "Deaths GRO - NRS",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "MaritalStatus",
          "dataType": "varchar(25)",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "This field indicates the marital status of the patient.  W = widowed, M = Married, S = Single, D = Divorced, N = Not Known  ."
        }
      ],
      "description": "This dataset is from National Records Scotland (NRS, formerly General Registrar Office (GRO) and contains data relating to the causes of death of patients.   This data should be considered as supplemental data, and used to identify causes of death.  As this data does not originate from the health service, is is not originally CHI seeded.    This procedure is carried out using an automated mechanism which identifies over 90% of the records.  This is further augmented by manual data entry.  this dataset therefore data does not necessarily represent all deceased persons."
    },
    {
      "name": "Deaths GRO - NRS",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "CtryBirth",
          "dataType": "nvarchar(255)",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "Country of Birth. Examples include:   XS = Scotland  XE = England  XI = Ireland  XW = Wales for UK countries    then usual country mnemonics for other countries.  ."
        }
      ],
      "description": "This dataset is from National Records Scotland (NRS, formerly General Registrar Office (GRO) and contains data relating to the causes of death of patients.   This data should be considered as supplemental data, and used to identify causes of death.  As this data does not originate from the health service, is is not originally CHI seeded.    This procedure is carried out using an automated mechanism which identifies over 90% of the records.  This is further augmented by manual data entry.  this dataset therefore data does not necessarily represent all deceased persons."
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          "description": "This field represents the Region/District Ward Code  ."
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