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Deaths – Date of Death

Summary

Abstract

This dataset provides the definitive date of death for patients in Scotland.

Keywords

Scotland Death Date GRO HIC

Publisher

  • Name
    Health Informatics Centre - University of Dundee
  • Logo

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  • Description
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  • Contact point
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Documentation

Description

This dataset combines the death status from various sources into a single dataset with rules applied to decide which date of death is more accurate when the information differs between sources. Tayside Circa. 1980 – Current; Fife: 2009 - Current.
  • Associated media
    • Not available
  • Is part of
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Coverage

Spatial

  • Spatial coverage

    United Kingdom, Scotland

  • Geographic levels
    Not available

Temporal

  • Start date
    01/01/2000
  • End date
    Not available
  • Frequency
    Continuous
  • Distribution release date
    15/07/2021

Provenance

  • Purpose
    Administrative
  • Source
    Other
  • Collection situation
    Other

Access and governance

  • Conditions of access
    General research use

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Usage

  • Conditions of use
    Disclosure control
  • Resource creator
    Public Health Scotland
  • Is referenced by
    Not available

Access

  • Access rights
  • Access service
    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 controller
    Local NHS boards
  • Data processor
    University of Dundee, Health Informatics Centre

Format and standards

  • Language
    English
  • Format
    Csv, database

Enrichment and linkage

  • Related datasets
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  • Linkage opportunity
    Not available
  • Tools
    • Not available

Synthetic data

Synthetic data is not yet available for this dataset. 

Data Dictionary

CHI

Patient identifier - community health index number

MCHI

Patient identifier - master community health index number

DATE_OF_DEATH

Date of death of patient

SOURCE

Record sourced from CHI, GRO or both?

EXTRACTABLE

Record fit to be extracted and used for analysis?

Variable description

Data type
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