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National Cause of Death Register

Socialstyrelsen (Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare)

HDB-0441

The National Cause of Death Register provides the basis for official cause-of-death statistics in Sweden, recording all deaths since 1952 with complete nationwide coverage. The register is highly valued for epidemiological research as it can be linked to other Swedish national health registers.

Category

Open dataset

Access

Credentialed

Region

Nordic — Sweden

Coverage

Sweden, all deaths since 1952, includes deaths occurring in Sweden from 2012 onwards

Data types

cause of death, mortality, death certificates, ICD codes

mortality epidemiology public health research

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Record HDB-0441 · last verified 2026-08-23 · listed in Open datasets

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