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Register of Causes of Death

Danish Health Data Authority

HDB-0440

Denmark's Register of Causes of Death has recorded all deaths in Denmark since 1875, with computerized individual records since 1970, containing data on time of death and underlying causes coded to ICD. Access for research is administered through the Danish Health Data Authority.

Category

Open dataset

Access

By application

Region

Nordic — Denmark

Coverage

Denmark, all deaths since 1875, complete coverage since 1970

Data types

cause of death, mortality, death certificates, ICD codes

mortality epidemiology public health

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Record HDB-0440 · last verified 2026-08-23 · listed in Open datasets

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