# NHS England registration datasets
>Last modified: 19 Mar 2026
<div style="background-color: rgba(0, 178, 169, 0.3); padding: 5px; border-radius: 5px;"><strong>The registration datasets cover deaths, cancer and basic demographics.</strong></div>
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>## Summary:
>* UK LLC holds **three NHS England registration datasets**: [**Cancer Registration Data (CANCER)**](../registration_datasets/cancer/cancer.ipynb), [**Civil Registrations of Death (MORTALITY)**](../registration_datasets/mortality/mortality.ipynb) and [**Demographics Registration Data (DEMOGRAPHICS)**](../registration_datasets/demographics/demographics.ipynb).
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>* The datasets span **1971 onwards**.
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>* **ICD-9** and **ICD-10 codes** are used in the **CANCER** and **MORTALITY** datasets. No clinical classifications are used in the DEMOGRAPHICS dataset. See the [**Coded variables guide**](../coding/coding_intro.md) for further details.
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>* For a list of **variables** in the three datasets, see the <strong><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/services/data-access-request-service-dars/dars-products-and-services/metadata-dashboard" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NHS England Metadata dashboard</a></strong>

## Overview of registration datasets
For further information see the **individual dataset guides.**

**Table 1** Names, geographical coverage and availability of registration datasets in the UK LLC TRE

| **Dataset**|**Dataset name**|**Grouping**|**Coverage**|**Data available in TRE**|
|---|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|
|[**CANCER**](../registration_datasets/cancer/cancer.ipynb)|Cancer Registration Data|Cancer|England|01/01/1971 onwards|
|[**DEMOGRAPHICS**](../registration_datasets/demographics/demographics.ipynb)|Demographics Registration Data|Demographics|England & Wales|01/06/2004 onwards|
|[**MORTALITY**](../registration_datasets/mortality/mortality.ipynb)|Civil Registrations of Death|Deaths|England & Wales|01/01/1993 onwards|  |

ONS: Office for National Statistics