Causes of death Italy

Overview
Type of information
Registry data
URL of the data source
https://www.istat.it/en/archive/deaths
Description

The primary source of the data relating to the causes of death is represented by the "death card" prepared by the National Statistical Institute (Istat) which must be filled in by the attending physician or by the physician who assisted the deceased patient. This form, according to the 1990 Mortuary Police (Rpm) regulation (Presidential Decree 285/90), is in duplicate and must be sent by the Municipality of death to Istat and to the Local Health Unit of death.

Governance and legal framework

Public funding

Free keywords
deaths
Topics
Health status » Mortality » Age- and cause-specific mortality;
Health status » Mortality » Maternal, perinatal and newborn mortality
Country(ies):
GEO coverage
Nuts 3
Target Population
General population
Age range
From 0 years
Sex
Both
Language(s)
Italian
Updating Periodicity
Annually
Personal Identifier
National identifier
Level of aggregation
Individual
Terms of data access - URL
http://dati.istat.it/Index.aspx?QueryId=26399&lang=en
Terms of data access

Data, publications, certifications, microdata files, cartographies and customised elaborations as well as information on harmonised European data are provided exclusively upon request to the Contact Centre. Requests shall be processed in accordance with the timeframe set out in the Service charter.

Linkage possible
Yes
Data Owner(s)
Italian National Institute of Statistics-ISTAT
Contact name
ISTAT
Contact e-mail
NOT.AVAILABLE@NOT.AVAILABLE.COM
Contact info (address)

Italian National Institute of Statistics
Via Cesare Balbo, 16 – 00184 Rome, Italy

Updated on 10 January 2023