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Deaths: a data cube slice

Numbers of deaths registered by cause.

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Dimensions
Dimension
Value
Gender
  1. All
  2. Female
  3. Male
Measure Type
  1. Count
Reference Period
  1. 1999
  2. 2000
  3. 2001
  4. 2002
  5. 2003
  6. 2004
  7. 2005
  8. 2006
  9. 2007
  10. 2008
  11. 2009
  12. 2010
  13. 2011
  14. 2012
  15. 2013
  16. 2014
  17. 2015
  18. 2016
  19. 2017
  20. 2018
  21. 2019
Reference Area
(showing types of area available in these data)
  1. Countries
  2. Council Areas
  3. Scottish Parliamentary Constituencies
  4. Health Board Areas
  5. Electoral Wards
  6. Community Health Partnerships
  7. 2011 Intermediate Zones
  8. 2011 Data Zones
  9. 2001 Intermediate Zones
  10. 2001 Data Zones
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About the Dataset
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License
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
Issued
29/07/2014
Modified
27/09/2022
Next update due
September 2021
Description

Deaths are generally counted on the basis of the area of usual residence of the deceased if that is in Scotland, otherwise they are counted on the basis of the place of death. However, a death may be allocated to the deceased's former area of residence, if that is in Scotland and the deceased had lived at his/her usual residence for less than 12 months.

Details
Confidentiality Policy

This dataset does not contain any sensitive or personal information.
Quality Management

Information about the quality management process for deaths data are available on the NRS website..
Accuracy and Reliability

The UK Statistics Authority has designated NRS vital events statistics as National Statistics, in line with the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 and signifying compliance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics [(available on the UK Statistics Authority website).]
Coherence and Comparability

These figures are on a different basis from the vast majority of NRS published statistics of deaths, which are based on the calendar year in which the death was registered. The "mid-year to mid-year" basis is used only in connection with population estimates and projections.
Accessibility and Clarity

Statistical information about deaths and other vital events is available in alternative formats, such as high level summaries and reports, from the vital events pages on the NRS website..
Relevance

Examples of uses of vital events statistics can be accessed in a report published on the NRS website.
Timeliness and Punctuality

This dataset will be updated annually, typically in early autumn.
Revisions

In February 2019, we updated our methodology for allocating datazones to higher geographies to align with Government Statistical Service Geography Policy. This resulted in revisions to some aggregated figures at Electoral Ward and Scottish Parliament Constituency level.
URI

This slice of multidimensional data is not a Linked Data resource in the database: it's a virtual resource (i.e. you can't query it by SPARQL). But does have a permanent unique URL which can be bookmarked.

https://statistics.gov.scot/slice?dataset=http%3A%2F%2Fstatistics.gov.scot%2Fdata%2Fdeaths&http%3A%2F%2Fstatistics.gov.scot%2Fdef%2Fdimension%2Fgender=http%3A%2F%2Fstatistics.gov.scot%2Fdef%2Fconcept%2Fgender%2Fall
Dimensions Linked Data

A linked data-orientated view of dimensions and values

Dimension Locked Value
Gender
http://statistics.gov.scot/def/dimension/gender
 All
http://statistics.gov.scot/def/concept/gender/all
Reference Area
http://purl.org/linked-data/sdmx/2009/dimension#refArea
 (not locked to a value)
Reference Period
http://purl.org/linked-data/sdmx/2009/dimension#refPeriod
 (not locked to a value)
Measure Type
http://purl.org/linked-data/cube#measureType
 (not locked to a value)