National Register of Cause of Death
Dödsorsaksregistret
Data available on
Perpetrator
Background information
No information collected on Background information
Relationship with victim
This means that it is recorded whether there exists a previous relationship between victim and offender (e.g. family, intimate partner) or not (stranger).
Re-offending
Witness
Background information
No information collected on Background information
Relationship with victim/perpetrator
Incident description by witness
Children witnessing IPV incident
Incident
Code system used
- Health
IDC10 X85-Y09
Description of incident
- Date/time
- Harm/injuries
- Location
- Type of violence
ID number, date of death, home county, main cause of death (IDC 10), underlying causes of death (IDC 10), multiple causes of death, code of place according to regional structure plan, sex, age when dying (in years, months, days, 5-year groups), country of birth, nationality, place of death, murder, ground for knowing reason for death, details on autopsy, dates for possibly operations, cause of death is related to (accident at work, violence or poisoning, alcohol, narcotica, diabetes).
Protection order
Civil justice data
Incident respond resources
No information collected on Incident respond resources
Prosecution process
This administrative data source does not collect information on Prosecution process
Outcomes
Perpetrator
N. of cases resulting in arrest
Victim
Death as result of incident
Characteristics
Storage System
- In paper form
- Electronically (single files)
- Electronically (database)
Frequency of updating
Quality assurance process
Coded from death certificates sent electronically from doctors, in case of violence via the Board of Forensic Medicine, by specially educated coders. There are guidelines to help the doctor fill in the certificate correctly. Computer support is used to identify mistakes in writing/coding. The main source of potential faults is at setting the cause of death by a doctor. Loss is very small (less than 0,5%, and mainly consisting of deaths abroad.
Comparability
- Geographical
- Over time
- None
Timeliness
1 month - 1 year
The certificate of death must be sent to the Board of Health and Welfare within 3 weeks from death. It is then registered continuously.
Current developments
No information available
Relation with third parties
Reporter
- Victim
- Witness
- Offender
Doctor (via Rättsmedicinalverket / National Board of Forensic Medicine)