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Person: Date of Death

Definition

The date of death of the person.

Components

Data Element
Implemented in 2 data elements

Comments

Context:

Required for:

  • statistical survival analysis for derivation of the length of time between diagnosis with primary cancer and death
  • where it is necessary to identify that a person has died (e.g. in a longitudinal health record or provider index).

References


This content Based on Australian Institute of Health and Welfare material. Attribution provided as required under the AIHW CC-BY licence.

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Relation Count
Data Elements implementing this Data Element Concept 2