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Table 2 Data availability for multiple cause analyses

From: Public health utility of cause of death data: applying empirical algorithms to improve data quality

Country

Years

Data source

Deaths

Location years

Austria

2001–2014

Austria Hospital Inpatient Discharges

461,538

14

Brazil

1999–2017

Brazil Mortality Information System

17,398,531

512

Brazil

2015–2016

Brazil Hospital Information System

294,461

52

Canada

1994–2009

Canada Discharge Abstract Database

38,405

16

Colombia

1998–2017

Colombia Vital Statistics

3,676,540

20

Georgia

2014–2014

Georgia Hospital Data

1,066

1

Italy

2003–2015

Italy Civil Registration Multiple Causes of Death

7,640,383

13

Italy

2003–2018

Italy—Friuli-Venezia Giulia Multiple Causes of Death Data

112,555

16

Italy

2005–2016

Italy Hospital Inpatient Discharges

2,385,430

12

Mexico

2003–2005

Mexico Ministry of Health Hospital Discharges

59,597

64

Mexico

2007–2009

Mexico Secretariat of Health Hospital Discharges

108,985

96

Mexico

2009–2016

Mexico Vital Registration—Multiple Causes of Death

4,473,427

256

New Zealand

2000–2015

New Zealand National Minimum Dataset

152,725

32

South Africa

1997–2016

South Africa Vital Registration—Causes of Death

4,696,348

180

Taiwan (Province of China)

2008–2017

Taiwan Vital Registration—Multiple Causes of Death

1,237,304

10

United States of America

1980–2010

United States National Hospital Discharge Survey

180,802

31

United States of America

1980–2016

United States NVSS Custom Mortality Data

68,133,196

1,887

United States of America

2003–2008

United States State Inpatient Databases

1,847,569

70

  1. Multiple cause data available by source and the total number of deaths available for each country and year range. Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, and the United States were analyzed by first administrative level, and New Zealand data were analyzed by Maori and Non-Maori ethnicities