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LS variable metadata
| DEDYACC |
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| Table | CANC Cancer registrations |
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| Short description | Day of death or exit from NHS (from cancer registration). |
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| Source | Cancer registration data collected by ONS through the National Cancer Registration Scheme. |
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| Code notes | Numeric in range 01-31 |
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Variable coding
| Value | Label |
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| -5 | Fact of death known but date not known |
| -9 | Still alive |
References
| Refnum | Reference |
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| 754 | See LS Technical Volume (Hattersley and Creeser, 1995) page 344 (shows cancer registration abstract), page 25, pp. 97-98, pp. 104-105 (comparability of data), page 125 and pp. 138-141 (data quality). |
Additional information
| Value | Label |
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| id | 4 |
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| m204name | PAABCANC |
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| fullname | (CANC)DEDYACC |
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| description | |
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| codedas | |
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| source | Cancer registration data collected by ONS through the National Cancer Registration Scheme. |
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| derived | N |
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| codelist | Y |
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| notes | From 1990 onwards only refers to death, not exit. |
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| formerly | DEDADYACC |
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| restricted | N |
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| format | Text |
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| length | 2 |
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| occurs | 10 |
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| keyword | Age |
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| classification | |
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| comvarind | |
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| comvartime | |
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| field0 | CANC |
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