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Death Registrations (Queensland Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages)
The Register includes all deaths that occur in Queensland. Data is obtained from the Death Registration application form provided by funeral director and completed by spouse, partner or relative of deceased and Medical Certificate of Cause of Death and if a perinatal death, a Perinatal Supplement (to cause of Death Certificate), supplied by the certified medical practitioner certifying the death or supplied as a result of a coronial investigation.
The Register includes all deaths that occur in Queensland. For reporting purposes, statistics about stillbirths are published by the ABS in Perinatal Deaths, Australia.
This dataset is linked routinely. The time lag for finalised linked data available for researchers is available here - Data collections available for linkage | Queensland Health
Administrative
Queensland state data
The Deaths Registry is administered under the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003 and the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Regulation 2003 by the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Queensland).
The Queensland Deaths Registry is administered by the Office of Births, Deaths and Marriages of the Queensland Department of Justice and Attorney General.
| Language | english |
| Format | ascii text file ASCII text file |
| Coding | ICD-10 |