Civil Registrations of Death (MORTALITY) Dataset#
1. Summary#
| Dataset descriptor | Dataset-specific information |
|---|---|
| Name of dataset in TRE | MORTALITY |
| Other name | None |
| Temporal coverage | 01/01/1993 onwards |
| TRE temporal coverage | 01/01/1993 onwards |
| Owner | Office for National Statistics |
| Short description | Dataset comprises all deaths in England and Wales since 1993 and is collected by the Office for National Statistics. It is a legal requirement to report a death to a register office within five days. The informant provides demographic details about the deceased. The informant usually also gives the Medical Certificate of Cause of Death (MCCD) to the registrar, which is a form completed by a medical practitioner when a death is certified. The MCCD includes information such as whether the body was seen after death, cause of death, when the deceased was last seen alive and whether a post-mortem was carried out. In instances where deaths are referred to and sometimes then investigated by a coroner, the coroner sends information to the registrar and this is used instead of the MCCD. A record represents one death registration. |
| Frequency of update | Quarterly |
| Key link | https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths |
| Keywords | Deaths |
| Geographical coverage | England and Wales |
| Data resolution | Death registration |
| Specific restrictions to data use | None |
| Number of variables | 102 |
| Number of observations | 5889 |
| Participant count | 9914 |
| Date of last extract | 2024-05-23 |
2. Metrics#
The tables below summarise the MORTALITY dataset in the UK LLC TRE.
Table 1 The number of participants from each LPS that are represented in the MORTALITY dataset in the UK LLC TRE
(Note: numbers relate to the most recent extract of NHS England data)
| LPS | Participant count |
|---|---|
| ALSPAC | 12 |
| BCS70 | 122 |
| BIB | 235 |
| ELSA | 870 |
| EPICN | 3618 |
| EXCEED | 240 |
| FENLAND | 183 |
| GLAD | 549 |
| MCS | 351 |
| NCDS58 | 469 |
| NEXTSTEP | 17 |
| NIHRBIO_COPING | 199 |
| NSHD46 | 990 |
| TEDS | <10 |
| TRACKC19 | 97 |
| TWINSUK | 1821 |
| UKHLS | 141 |
| TOTAL | 9914 |
3. Helpful syntax#
Below we will include syntax that may be helpful to other researchers in the UK LLC TRE. For longer scripts, we will include a snippet of the code plus a link to Git where you can find the full script.