Australian Capital Territory Death Records By ICD-10 Cause

ACT Government Open Data provides aggregated mortality statistics from the Cause of Death Unit Record File (CODURF). The data is reported by year of occurrence and uses ICD-10 classifications, with preliminary figures for 2022 and 2023 subject to change. Records are collected and maintained by the ACT Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in aggregated ICD-10 cause-of-death classifications over time to identify public health priorities.
• Investigate reporting lags and coronial delays by comparing death occurrence years with registration timelines.
• Compare preliminary death figures for recent years against finalized data to assess data stability and revision patterns.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative Australian Coordinating Registry (ACR) and the ACT Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages.
• Records include all medical conditions contributing to death, capturing the circumstances surrounding each event.
• Information is disseminated in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, RDF, and XML.

Limitations

• Deaths for 2022 and 2023 are preliminary and subject to change, limiting reliability for recent trend analysis.
• Inherent lags in death registration and lengthy coronial investigations can delay data completeness for specific cases.
• Aggregation based on ICD-10 classifications may obscure granular details available in the original unit record file.

Provenance

Source

ACT Government Open Data, Epidemiology Section

Collection Method

Aggregated from the Cause of Death Unit Record File (CODURF) provided by the Australian Coordinating Registry.

Time Range

Includes data up to 2023, with reporting by year of occurrence.

Freshness

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Geography

Australian Capital Territory (ACT)