Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 8 Oct 2024 | Updated: 226 days ago
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.
Coverage
Spatial:
United Kingdom,Scotland
Typical Age Range:
0-150
Follow Up:
Unknown
Pathway:
Death data is sourced from either the Scottish General Registry Office or the
Community Health Index data feeds.
Provenance
Origin
Purposes:
Administrative
Sources:
Other
Collection Situations:
Other
Temporal
Accrual Periodicity:
Continuous
Distribution Release Date:
15 July 2021
Start Date:
01 January 2000
Time Lag:
1-2 weeks
Accessibility
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
Access Request Cost:
Quotation available on request
Delivery Lead Time:
Not applicable
Jurisdictions:
GB-SCT
Data Controller:
Local NHS boards
Data Processor:
University of Dundee, Health Informatics Centre
Usage
Data Use Limitations:
General research use
Data Use Requirements:
Disclosure control
Resource Creators:
Public Health Scotland
Format and Standards
Vocabulary Encoding Schemes:
LOCAL
Languages:
en
Formats:
- CSV
- Database
Observations
Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
Events
2.2 million dates of death
2200000
Count
15 July 2021
Persons
2,507,000 patients in the dataset
2507000
Count
12 November 2021