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, Statistics institutes of all of the Autonomous Communities, Civil Registers (MJUS).

General description (main variables)

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

Collective

Deaths

Frequency of data collection

Mensual

Breakdown

Provincial

Budgetary credits necessary for its finance in the four-year period 2009-2012  (in thousands euros)

1,381.65