Cause of death data from National Records Scotland (NRS, formerly General Registrar Office (GRO) and contains data relating to the causes of death of patients.

ADR  > Deaths – National Records Scotland @ 113

This data can be used to identify causes of death.  As this data does not originate from the health service, it is not originally CHI seeded.  From approx. 2015 onwards, the data was supplied with CHI number, though only covering around 95% of the data.
Prior to 2015, and for those records supplied with no CHI an automated mechanism which identifies over 90% of the records is used to CHI seed.  This is further augmented by manual data entry.

Due to these procedures, this dataset does not necessarily represent all deceased persons.

Scottish Health Data

National Records Scotland

PROCHI

This dataset is from National Records Scotland (NRS, formerly General Registrar Office (GRO) and contains data relating to the causes of death of patients.   This data should be considered as supplemental data, and used to identify causes of death.  As this data does not originate from the health service, is is not originally CHI seeded.    This procedure is carried out using an automated mechanism which identifies over 90% of the records.  This is further augmented by manual data entry.  this dataset therefore data does not necessarily represent all deceased persons.

Deaths GRO - NRS

DtDeath

This field represents the year registered.

YRreg

A number between 1 and 17 indicating healthboard (See HBCode_Desc) for human readable names (e.g. .03 = 'Tayside')    This field represents the Health board where death was registered:     D = State Hospital  X = Common Services Agency  H = 01 = Highland  N = 02 = Grampian  T = 03 = Tayside  F = 04 = Fife  S = 05 = Lothian  B = 06 = Borders  V = 07 = Forth Valley  C = 08 = Argyle and Clyde  G = 09 = Greater Glasgow  L = 10 = Lanarkshire  A = 11 - Ayrshire and Arran  Y = 12 = Dumfries and Galloway  R = 13 = Orkney  Z = 14 = Shetland  W = 15 = Western Isles.

HBcode

This field represents the date death was registered (always populated).

DtReg

This field represents a unique number to the patient and is anonymised on extraction.

RegNo

The entry number on the register (not unique but continuous based on the start of the Year - or possibly quarter.. not sure).

EntryNo

This field represents the location code at which health activity takes place. In other words, the location code represents the point of delivery of health care. . The statistical considerations for this entry are study specific. It is determined by the researchers in relation to their particular study. In some cases the Statistical Considerations field will remain blank because there is no information to provide for a specific entry. The location entry will only have a purpose if the researcher is studying multiple locations.

InstCode

This field represents the Underlying Cause of Death..

icdcucd

This field represents the Other cause of death..

icdrcd0

This field represents  the first other cause of death.  Up to 1999 ICD9 coding was used, from 2000 onwards ICD10 coding was used..

icdrcd1

This field represents  the second other cause of death.  Up to 1999 ICD9 coding was used, from 2000 onwards ICD10 coding was used..

icdrcd2

This field represents  the third other cause of death.  Up to 1999 ICD9 coding was used, from 2000 onwards ICD10 coding was used..

icdrcd3

This field represents  the fourth other cause of death.  Up to 1999 ICD9 coding was used, from 2000 onwards ICD10 coding was used..

icdrcd4

This field represents  the fifth other cause of death.  Up to 1999 ICD9 coding was used, from 2000 onwards ICD10 coding was used..

icdrcd5

This field represents  the sixth other cause of death.  Up to 1999 ICD9 coding was used, from 2000 onwards ICD10 coding was used..

icdrcd6

This field represents  the seventh other cause of death.  Up to 1999 ICD9 coding was used, from 2000 onwards ICD10 coding was used..

icdrcd7

This field represents  the eighth other cause of death.  Up to 1999 ICD9 coding was used, from 2000 onwards ICD10 coding was used..

icdrcd8

This field represents  the nineth other cause of death.  Up to 1999 ICD9 coding was used, from 2000 onwards ICD10 coding was used.  .

icdrcd9

The ‘place of occurrence’ code-list used for deaths which have been registered since the  start of 2000 is as follows:  0 - Home - NB: not necessarily the person's own home, as this code is used for any  non-institutional place of residence, whether or not the deceased lived there  1 - Residential institution  2 - School, other institution and public administrative area  Vital Events - Deaths - Background Information  3 - Sports and athletic area  4 - Street and highway  5 - Trade and service area  6 - Industrial and construction area  7 – Farm  8 - Other specified places  9 - Unspecified place     0 – Home  1 – Farm  2 - Mine or quarry  3 - Place of industry  4 - Sports / recreation area  5 - Street or highway  6 - Public building  7 - Residential institution  8 - Other specified place  9 - Unspecified or not known    http://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files/statistics/vital-events/place-of-death-and-occurence.pdf.

PlaceOccur

This field represents Supplementary Code 0  .

icdsupp0

This field represents Supplementary Code 1  .

icdsupp1

This field represents Supplementary Code 2  .

icdsupp2

This field represents Supplementary Code 3  .

icdsupp3

This field represents Supplementary Code 4  .

icdsupp4

This field represents the age if under 2 (use UnitScalUnd2 to determine exact age eg hours,days, weeks, years)  .

AgeUnd2

This field should be used in conjunction with AgeUnd2.  N = miNs, H = hours, D = days, W = weeks, M = months, Y = years  .

UnitScaleUnd2

This field indicates the marital status of the patient.  W = widowed, M = Married, S = Single, D = Divorced, N = Not Known  .

MaritalStatus

Country of Birth. Examples include:   XS = Scotland  XE = England  XI = Ireland  XW = Wales for UK countries    then usual country mnemonics for other countries.  .

CtryBirth

This field represents the spouse's Social Class/SEG  .

SocialClass

ChosenPC

This field represents the Region/District Ward Code  .

DistWardCd

Country of residence at time of death. Examples include:    XS = Scotland  XE = England  XI = Ireland  XW = Wales for UK countries    then usual country mnemonics for other countries.  .

CtryResidence

This is a supplemental field and specifies who the certifying doctor was. This field is anonymised on output.

Anonymised Certifying Dr Name

This field indicates the primary Household NSSEC Code.

nssec1

This field represents the duration of illness in days.

DurationOfIllnessDaysA

This field represents the duration of illness in Months.

DurationOfIllnessMonthsA

This field represents the duration of illness in years.

DurationOfIllnessYearsA

DurationOfIllnessDaysB

DurationOfIllnessMonthsB

DurationOfIllnessYearsB

DurationOfIllnessDaysC

DurationOfIllnessMonthsC

DurationOfIllnessYearsC

DurationOfIllnessDaysD

DurationOfIllnessMonthsD

DurationOfIllnessYearsD

This field represents the original cause of death.

OriginalCauseOfDeathA

OriginalCauseOfDeathB

OriginalCauseOfDeathC

OriginalCauseOfDeathD

This field indicates the original cause of illness' duration in days.

OriginalCauseDurationOfIllnessDaysA

This field indicates the original cause of illness' duration in months.

OriginalCauseDurationOfIllnessMonthsA

OriginalCauseDurationOfIllnessDaysB

OriginalCauseDurationOfIllnessMonthsB

This field indicates the original cause of illness' duration in years.

OriginalCauseDurationOfIllnessYearsB

OriginalCauseDurationOfIllnessDaysC

OriginalCauseDurationOfIllnessMonthsC

OriginalCauseDurationOfIllnessYearsC

OriginalCauseDurationOfIllnessDaysD

OriginalCauseDurationOfIllnessMonthsD

OriginalCauseDurationOfIllnessYearsD

OriginalCauseDurationOfIllnessYearsA

This field is supplemental is is the certifying doctors medical number. This field is anonymised on output.

Deaths – National Records Scotland

Summary

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Provenance

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