Maltese National Mortality Registry

Overview
Type of information
Registry data
URL of the data source
https://deputyprimeminister.gov.mt/en/dhir/Pages/Registries/deaths.aspx
Description

The Department of Health Information and its forerunners have been responsible for keeping mortality data since 1983. Data in electronic format is available since 1995. All death certificates of people who die in the Maltese Islands are received at the department and the Malta National Mortality Registry is responsible for coding, inputting, verification of the information and analysing the data in order to produce mortality statistics which are as accurate and timely as possible. The main source of information is the death certificate. Causes of death are coded according to the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD). ICD Version 10 has been in use since 1995. Data collection is still ongoing.

Governance and legal framework

All data is collected and processed in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation, adopted in the Data Protection Act XX of 2018. On the 8th of October 2019, Legal Notice 263 of 2019 was published. This Legal Notice is intended to enact the Processing of Personal Data (Secondary Processing) (Health Sector) Regulations (S.L. 528.10 of the Laws of Malta) (“the Regulations”). The purpose of the Regulations is to permit certain secondary processing of personal data in the health sector, effectively allowing the processing of health data for purposes other than those for which the personal data was initially collected for in certain cases by health care professionals.

Funding

The Registry is part of the Department of Health Information and Research and is wholly funded by the Government of Malta.

Free keywords
Mortality
all-cause mortality
COVID-19
Topics
Health status » Mortality » Age- and cause-specific mortality » All causes;
Health status » Mortality » Age- and cause-specific mortality » Cancer;
Health status » Mortality » Age- and cause-specific mortality » External causes;
Health status » Mortality » Age- and cause-specific mortality » Infectious diseases;
Health status » Mortality » Age- and cause-specific mortality » Non-communicable diseases (excluding cancer);
Health status » Mortality » Maternal, perinatal and newborn mortality » Infant mortality;
Health status » Mortality » Maternal, perinatal and newborn mortality » Maternal mortality
Country(ies):
GEO coverage
Nuts 1
Target Population
Deaths
Age range
From 0 years
Observations by Year
Year Number of observations
Sex
Both
Language(s)
English
Personal Identifier
National identifier
Level of aggregation
Individual
Terms of data access

Open data are available at https://deputyprimeminister.gov.mt/en/dhir/Pages/Introduction.aspx where the data in aggregated format could be found and selected for different needs. 


Access to microdata for research and analytical purposes (for registered researchers, researchers in public administration and registered research institutions) may also be provided after a request for data application form is submitted. Application form for the anonymised microdata is available at the web page: https://deputyprimeminister.gov.mt/en/dhir/Pages/request-for-data-form.aspx  Researchers should send the completed application for obtaining microdata by e-mail to healthinfo@gov.mt. Requests are then handled by internally.

For requests for record level data, see information on https://deputyprimeminister.gov.mt/en/dhir/Pages/Contact-us.aspx. Requests are handled by internally. 

Linkage possible
Yes
Data Owner(s)
Directorate for Health Information and Research
Contact name
Dr Kathleen England
Contact e-mail
healthinfo@gov.mt
Contact info (address)

Directorate for Health Information and Research, 95, Telghet Gwardamanga, PIETA', Malta

Updated on 21 August 2023