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Deaths - National Records of Scotland
Description
Nationally curated data for Scotland showing the date and cause(s) of death.
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Additional information
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DocumentationDocumentation
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LanguageEnglish
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Geographic AreaScotland
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PublisherDataLoch
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Contactdataloch@ed.ac.uk
Key Details
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Formal release or publication dateNo information available
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Start time period of data covered by this dataset01/01/1979
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End time period of data covered by this datasetNo information available
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DocumentationCause of death data from National Records Scotland (NRS, formerly General Registrar Office (GRO) including ICD-9/ICD-10 codes. Cause of death records are subject to change potentially long after the date of death.
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Geographic AreaUnited Kingdom, Scotland
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LanguageEnglish
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The dataset typePHYSICAL
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Update frequencymonthly