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National Records of Scotland (NRS) - Stillbirth Data

Summary

Abstract

All Registrations to the National Records of Scotland of stillbirths.

Keywords

Publisher

  • Identifier
    7
  • Name
    Public Health Scotland
  • Logo
  • Description
    Public Health Scotland is an NHS Board. We are uniquely sponsored by the Scottish Government and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) on behalf of local government.
  • Contact point

Documentation

Description

Registrations to the National Records of Scotland of births, stillbirths and deaths in the first year of life.

Coverage

Spatial

  • Spatial coverage

    United Kingdom, Scotland

  • Geographic levels
    Not available

Temporal

  • Start date
    01/01/1981
  • End date
    Not available
  • Frequency
    Monthly
  • Distribution release date
    01/09/2020

Provenance

  • Purpose
    Administrative
  • Source
    Other
  • Collection situation
    Other

Access and governance

  • Conditions of access
    Research use only

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Usage

  • Conditions of use
    Not for profit use, Project-specific restrictions, Publication required
  • Resource creator
    National Records Scotland
  • Is referenced by
    Not available

Access

Format and standards

  • Language
    English
  • Format
    text, csv

Enrichment and linkage

  • Related datasets
    • Not available
  • Linkage opportunity
    Not available
  • Tools
    • Not available

Synthetic data

Synthetic data is not yet available for this dataset. 

Data dictionary

DATE_OF_BIRTH

Date of Birth

DATE_OF_DEATH

Date of Death

AGE

Age at death in years

SEX

1 = male, 2 = female

UNDERLYING_CAUSE_OF_DEATH

The disease or injury that initiated the train of events leading directly to death, or t...

CAUSE_OF_DEATH_CODE_0

A disease, morbid condition or injury that either resulted in or contributed to death (u...

CAUSE_OF_DEATH_CODE_1

CAUSE_OF_DEATH_CODE_1

CAUSE_OF_DEATH_CODE_2

CAUSE_OF_DEATH_CODE_2

CAUSE_OF_DEATH_CODE_3

CAUSE_OF_DEATH_CODE_3

CAUSE_OF_DEATH_CODE_4

CAUSE_OF_DEATH_CODE_4

Variable description

Data type