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Summary information

Study title

Local Mortality Datapack: Population and Deaths by Cause, 1979-1992

Creator

Office for National Statistics

Study number / PID

3625 (UKDA)

10.5255/UKDA-SN-3625-1 (DOI)

Data access

Restricted

Series

Not available

Abstract

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.


The purpose of this collection is to provide researchers with historical time series data on mortality. It contains counts for 119 causes of death, by gender and 5-year age groups. Companion population estimates by gender and 5-year age groups are also also included, enabling the user to calculate their own indicators, rates and ratios. Explanatory text files and accessible look-up tables, linking county districts to the ONS area classification, Government Office Regions, Counties and Personal Social Services Areas, are also provided. The data are available in both database format (.DBF) and SPSS portable files.

Some teaching materials using these data were developed under the Teaching Resources and Materials for Social Scientists (TRAMSS) project.

Main Topics:

Mortality by cause; population.

Topics

Morbidity and mortality

Keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE AREAS (ELSST)AGE (ELSST)AGE GROUPS (ELSST)CAUSES OF DEATH (ELSST)BEREAVEMENT (ELSST)GENDERMORTALITY (ELSST)POPULATION (ELSST)

Methodology

Data collection period

Not available

Country

England and Wales

Time dimension

Continuous collection of administrative data. This dataset was produced as an 'historical' data product.

Analysis unit

Individuals
National
Deaths

Universe

Total deaths by cause of death, area, sex and quinary age group; total population by area, sex and quinary age group, in England and Wales in 1979-1992.

Sampling procedure

No sampling (total universe)

Kind of data

Not available

Data collection mode

Compilation or synthesis of existing material
Data collected by registrars and sent to the Registrar General. Diagnosis of cause made by doctor (MD). Extraction from ONS individual records and aggregation to desired groupings.

Access

Publisher

UK Data Service

Publication year

1996

Terms of data access

The Data Collection is available to UK Data Service registered users subject to the End User Licence Agreement.

Commercial use of the data requires approval from the data owner or their nominee. The UK Data Service will contact you.

Related publications

  • Smith, P. and Doll, R. (1982) Chapter 11, Lyon: International Agency for Research on Cancer.
  • (1983) Mortality statistics :: comparison of 8th and 9th revisions of the International Classification of Diseases, 1978 sample [Research report], (Series DH1), .
  • (1977) Manual of the International Classification of Diseases: Volume 1, Geneva: World Health Organisation.
  • Charlton, C. (1994) 'Homicides in England and Wales', Population Trends, 26-29
  • Birch, D. (1993) 'Automated coding of causes of death', Population Trends, 36-38