Death—date of registration, month M[M]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Month of death registration |
METEOR identifier: | 771615 |
Registration status: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Recorded 01/02/2023 |
Definition: | The date on which a death is officially recorded, expressed as MM. |
Data Element Concept: | Death—date of registration |
Value Domain: | Month M[M] |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | For some deaths, there may be considerable lag between when the death occurred and when it is registered. These ‘late registrations’ predominantly occur during the month of December. |
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Collection methods: | Derived during Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages processing. |
Comments: | Month of Registration is assigned by the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages during processing. If registration month is missing from data provided by the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, it is derived by the ABS as the month of the file in which the record is included. All records are assigned a Month of Registration. |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Relational attributes | |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | National mortality database DSS 1964-1967 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Recorded 11/08/2023 Implementation start date: 01/01/1964 Implementation end date: 31/12/1967 DSS specific information: For some deaths, there may be considerable lag between when the death occurred and when it is registered. These ‘late registrations’ predominantly occur during the month of December. In the National Mortality Database, month of Registration is assigned by the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages during processing. If registration month is missing from data provided by the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, it is derived by the ABS as the month of the file in which the record is included. All records are assigned a Month of Registration. National mortality database DSS 1968-1977 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Recorded 30/10/2023 Implementation start date: 01/01/1968 Implementation end date: 31/12/1977 DSS specific information: For some deaths, there may be considerable lag between when the death occurred and when it is registered. These ‘late registrations’ predominantly occur during the month of December. In the National Mortality Database, month of Registration is assigned by the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages during processing. If registration month is missing from data provided by the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, it is derived by the ABS as the month of the file in which the record is included. All records are assigned a Month of Registration. National mortality database DSS 1978 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Recorded 30/10/2023 Implementation start date: 01/01/1978 Implementation end date: 31/12/1978 DSS specific information: For some deaths, there may be considerable lag between when the death occurred and when it is registered. These ‘late registrations’ predominantly occur during the month of December. In the National Mortality Database, month of Registration is assigned by the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages during processing. If registration month is missing from data provided by the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, it is derived by the ABS as the month of the file in which the record is included. All records are assigned a Month of Registration. National mortality database DSS 1979 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Recorded 30/10/2023 Implementation start date: 01/01/1979 Implementation end date: 31/12/1979 DSS specific information: For some deaths, there may be considerable lag between when the death occurred and when it is registered. These ‘late registrations’ predominantly occur during the month of December. In the National Mortality Database, month of Registration is assigned by the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages during processing. If registration month is missing from data provided by the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, it is derived by the ABS as the month of the file in which the record is included. All records are assigned a Month of Registration. |