The Register of Death Causes records the medical causes of death for all persons who die in Italy along with other demographic data, including the job title. The aim of this information system is to collect data on causes of death of the whole Italian population according to the job done at the moment of death.
Main users are local administrators, epidemiological researchers, and general health care workers.
The survey is updated continuously and covers the whole Italian population. The data for each case is electronically stored as a single record. Data contained in death certificates are given to Istat by local administrations. Statistical data are periodically published in aggregated form on a sex, age and geographic basis. Anonymous sample data collections can be acquired on request.