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European Cancer Mortality and Life Expectancy Trends
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Monitoring cancer mortality rates across European nations provides vital insights into the region's public health landscape and demographic shifts. These records, originating from official European statistical databases, track deaths attributed to neoplasms—specifically those classified under the ICD-10 'C' code. By examining the variations in mortality across different countries and sexes over time, researchers can identify trends that inform healthcare policy and life expectancy assessments.
Columns
- unit: The specific measurement unit applied to the data, typically indicated as RT.
- age: The age group represented in the records, which is fixed to the total population.
- sex: A classification based on biological sex, distinguishing between female (F) and male (M) populations.
- geography: The geographic location of the record, encompassing specific European countries and regional aggregates such as EU27 and EU28.
- date: The calendar year for each observation, facilitating temporal analysis.
- value: The numerical figure representing the count of deaths or the calculated mortality value.
Distribution
The data is provided in a CSV file titled
deaths_by_cancer_in_europe.csv, with a total file size of 21.45 kB. It consists of 864 records across 6 columns, maintaining a high level of integrity with 100% validity across most categories. The resource is designed for annual updates to reflect the most recent statistics available from official sources.Usage
This resource is ideal for performing temporal trend analysis to observe how cancer mortality has evolved across Europe over nearly a decade. Analysts can use the geographic markers to compare health outcomes between different nations or to benchmark individual countries against European Union averages. It also serves as a robust foundation for demographic studies and public health research aimed at understanding sex-specific health risks and life expectancy at birth.
Coverage
The geographic scope is centred on Europe, including individual sovereign states and aggregated indicators for the European Union (EU27_2020 and EU28). Temporally, the collection spans the years from 2011 to 2018. The demographic coverage includes both males and females, focused on the total population across all age groups within the specified regions.
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CC0: Public Domain
Who Can Use It
Epidemiologists and public health researchers can utilise these metrics to identify regions where cancer interventions and screening programmes may be most needed. Policy makers and government advisors can leverage the trends to inform health expenditure and resource distribution. Furthermore, students and academic researchers in the fields of biology and statistics can apply the data to practice data manipulation, such as pivoting and melting datasets, for comparative analysis.
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Original Data Source:European Cancer Mortality and Life Expectancy Trends
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