Cause of death French database

France, 1968 - 3000

Reference ID

FRESH-PEF1021-en

Producer(s)

Elise;COUDIN

Metadata

DDI/XML JSON

Study website Interactive tools

Created on

Feb 16, 2026

Last modified

Feb 16, 2026

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Identification

Survey ID number

FRESH-PEF1021-en

Title

Cause of death French database

Abbreviation or Acronym

BCMD

Country

Name	Country code
France	fr

Kind of Data

['Clinical data','Socio-demographic data']

Unit of Analysis

Individuals

Scope

Topics

Topic	Vocabulary
Behavioral determinants: Addiction	health determinant
Environmental determinants: Climate	health determinant
Socio-demographic and economic determinants	health determinant
Environmental determinants: Other	health determinant
Healthcare system determinants: Use of care	health determinant
Behavioral determinants: Eating habits	health determinant
Environmental determinants	health determinant
Socio-demographic and economic determinants: Employment	health determinant
Behavioral determinants	health determinant
Healthcare system determinants	health determinant

Keywords

causes of death

Coverage

Universe

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{
"value": "Male",
"concept": {
"vocab": "MeSH",
"vocabURI": "http:\/\/id.nlm.nih.gov\/mesh\/D008297"
}
},
{
"value": "Female",
"concept": {
"vocab": "MeSH",
"vocabURI": "http:\/\/id.nlm.nih.gov\/mesh\/D005260"
}
}
],
"level_age_clusion_I": [
{
"value": "Infant, Newborn (birth to 28 days)",
"concept": {
"vocab": "MeSH",
"vocabURI": "http:\/\/id.nlm.nih.gov\/mesh\/D007231"
}
},
{
"value": "Infant (28 days to 2 years)",
"concept": {
"vocab": "MeSH",
"vocabURI": "http:\/\/id.nlm.nih.gov\/mesh\/D007223"
}
},
{
"value": "Child, Preschool (2 to 5 years)",
"concept": {
"vocab": "MeSH",
"vocabURI": "http:\/\/id.nlm.nih.gov\/mesh\/D002675"
}
},
{
"value": "Child (6 to 12 years)",
"concept": {
"vocab": "MeSH",
"vocabURI": "http:\/\/id.nlm.nih.gov\/mesh\/D002648"
}
},
{
"value": "Young Adult (19 to 24 years)",
"concept": {
"vocab": "MeSH",
"vocabURI": "http:\/\/id.nlm.nih.gov\/mesh\/D055815"
}
},
{
"value": "Adult (25 to 44 years)",
"concept": {
"vocab": "MeSH",
"vocabURI": "http:\/\/id.nlm.nih.gov\/mesh\/D000328"
}
},
{
"value": "Middle Aged (45 to 64 years)",
"concept": {
"vocab": "MeSH",
"vocabURI": "http:\/\/id.nlm.nih.gov\/mesh\/D008875"
}
},
{
"value": "Aged (65 to 79 years)",
"concept": {
"vocab": "MeSH",
"vocabURI": "http:\/\/id.nlm.nih.gov\/mesh\/D000368"
}
},
{
"value": "Aged, 80 and over (80 years and more)",
"concept": {
"vocab": "MeSH",
"vocabURI": "http:\/\/id.nlm.nih.gov\/mesh\/D000369"
}
}
],
"level_type_clusion_I": [
"General population"
],
"level_type_clusion_other": "",
"clusion_I": "",
"clusion_E": ""
}

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name
Elise;COUDIN

Producers

Name	Role
INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM)	sponsor

Funding Agency/Sponsor

Name
INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM)

Sampling

Sampling Procedure

['{"concept":{"vocabURI":"Other","vocab":"CESSDA"},"value":"Other"}']

Survey instrument

Questionnaires

Free access

Methodology notes

Observational Study

Data collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End
1968-01-01	3000-01-01

Mode of data collection

{"concept":{"vocabURI":"Transcription","vocab":"CESSDA"},"value":"Converting or copying information into a structured record"}

Study activities

Type

primary evaluation

Description

Health event/mortality

Quality standards

Standard
['1968 - 1978 : ICD-8 1979 - 1999 : ICD-9 Since 2000 : ICD-10']

Data Access

Access conditions

Data from the server since 1979, by sex, age group, on a national, regional and départemental level, causes with 4 digits. - Statistics on request: routine distribution, file extracts, linkage of individual data (cohorts) __ Implementation of Decree No. 98-37 authorizing access to death data of people registered on the National directory of identification of natural persons (RNIPP) within the context of research in the health field: http://cesp.inserm.fr/fr/le-centre/organisation/plateau-informatique/presentation-pi/327-cesp-fr/global-cesp-fr/4862-rnipp-fr.html

Availability Status

{"value":"Restricted access","extLink":[{"title":"COAR","uri":"http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec"}]}

Notes

the database in "fixed-length text" format

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

FRESH-PEF1021-en

Producers

Name	Affiliation
Grégoire REY	INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM)

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