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Table 2 Procedure to obtain the databases

From: Using death certificate data to study place of death in 9 European countries: opportunities and weaknesses

 

approval data agency

approval data protections agency

other approval/license

restrictions in use

Belgium*

X

   

Denmark

X

X

X

X‡

Italy*

X

   

Sweden

X

 

X

X†

The Netherlands

X

  

X

Scotland (UK)

X

   

England/Wales (UK)

X

X

  

Norway

X

X

X

X

  1. *: comprises all separate regions for Italy, and Belgium
  2. †: data cannot leave European Union
  3. ‡: Danish data could initially only be used on-site. After an additional approval of access to micro data, the data could be accessed via internet on one personal computer in Denmark, with the data staying on the server of Statistics Denmark.
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