Swedish Cause of Death Register

First published 02/12/2024

Last updated 30/06/2026

Data source

Human

Death registry

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Administrative details

Data source ID: 1000000245

Name of data source: Swedish Cause of Death Register

Data source acronym: CDR

Data holder: The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare

Data source type: Death registry

Main financial support: National, regional, or municipal public funding

Care setting: Other

Data source qualification If the data source has successfully undergone a formal qualification process (e.g., from the EMA, ISO or other certifications), this should be described.: No

Data source website: National Cause of Death Register

Contact details

Åsa Persson dorcant@socialstyrelsen.se

Main

dorcant@socialstyrelsen.se

Data source regions and languages

Data source countries: Sweden

Data source languages: Swedish

Data source establishment

Data source established: 01/01/1952

Data source time span: First collection: 01/01/1952
The date when data started to be collected or extracted.

Publications

Data source publications

Brooke HL, Talbäck M, Hörnblad J, Johansson LA, Ludvigsson JF, Druid H, et al. The Swedish cause of death register. European Journal of Epidemiology. 2017;32(9):765-73.