National Records of Scotland (NRS) - Deaths Data

Description

All registrations to the National Records of Scotland of deaths. Please note that cause of death information for the previous year is provisional and is only finalised in August of the subsequent year.

Related tags

Deaths

Technical information

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        }
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      ]
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      "name": "NRS DEATHS",
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          "description": "Urban/Rural 8-fold classification"
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    },
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          "dataType": "VARCHAR2",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "See CAUSE_OF_DEATH_CODE_0"
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      ]
    },
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      "name": "NRS DEATHS",
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          "name": "POSTCODE",
          "dataType": "VARCHAR2",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "Postcode of residence"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "name": "NRS DEATHS",
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          "dataType": "VARCHAR2",
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        }
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        }
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          "dataType": "VARCHAR2",
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        }
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          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "Scotland Level deciles for SIMD"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "name": "NRS DEATHS",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "POST_MORTEM_INDICATOR",
          "dataType": "VARCHAR2",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "Information regarding whether or not a post morten has been performed or proposed."
        }
      ]
    },
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        {
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          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "Urban/Rural 8-fold classification"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "name": "NRS DEATHS",
      "columns": [
        {
          "name": "DATE_OF_BIRTH",
          "dataType": "DATE",
          "sensitive": false,
          "description": "Date of birth"
        }
      ]
    }
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}

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Documentation

Documentation
Language

English
Geographic Area

Scotland

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Key Details

Formal release or publication date

31/08/2020
Start time period of data covered by this dataset

01/01/1981
End time period of data covered by this dataset

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Documentation

All registrations to the National Records of Scotland of deaths
Geographic Area

United Kingdom,Scotland
Landing page

https://healthdatagateway.org/dataset/64
Language

English
The dataset type

PHYSICAL
Update frequency

monthly

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