Breast Cancer Mortality in Females: Age-Standardized Rates

Directly age-standardized mortality rates from breast cancer for females, measured per 100,000 registered female patients. The dataset is published by the Government Digital Service via the eu_open_data platform and was last updated in September 2016. The description notes a change in methodology for the pooled years directly standardized rate.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in female breast cancer mortality based on age-standardized rates.
• Compare mortality rates across different time periods mentioned in the description.
• Assess the impact of methodological changes on mortality rate calculations.
• Model public health outcomes using standardized mortality indicators.

Strengths

• Data is age-standardized, allowing for comparison across populations with different age structures.
• Rates are provided per 100,000 registered patients, a standard epidemiological measure.
• Methodology changes are documented and linked to an external source (HSCIC).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown for the record; the data itself was updated in Sep-16.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely compiled from national health registries and statistical reports.

Time Range

The respective time period (specific range not provided).

Freshness

Data version updated Sep-16; next version was due Dec-17.

Geography

Coverage implied by eu_open_data platform, likely European.