Purposes

Knowledge of the phenomenon of mortality, considering the basic cause of death, distinguishing between late foetal deaths and the remaining deaths, and supply information for the compilation of health indicators.

Institutions that intervene

INE, Autonomous Communities (all), Civil Registers (MJ).

General description (main variables)

Persons deceased and late foetal deaths. Cause of death, sex, age, month of death, profession, province of residence and province of death, weeks gestation.

Collective

Deaths.

Frequency of data collection

Mensual.

Breakdown

Provincial.

Budgetary credits necessary for its finance in the four-year period 2005-2008  (in thousands euros)

2,329.94