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LS variable metadata

DEDYACC
TableCANC Cancer registrations
Short descriptionDay of death or exit from NHS (from cancer registration).
SourceCancer registration data collected by ONS through the National Cancer Registration Scheme.
Code notesNumeric in range 01-31 "-5" or "&&" = fact of death known but date not known, "-9" or "SPACE" = "Still Alive"

Variable coding

The codelist for this variable is not available.


References

RefnumReference
754See LS Technical Volume (Hattersley and Creeser, 1995) page 344 (shows cancer registration abstract), page 25, pp. 97-98, pp. 104-105 (comparability of data), page 125 and pp. 138-141 (data quality).

Additional information

ValueLabel
id4
m204namePAABCANC
fullname(CANC)DEDYACC
description
codedas
sourceCancer registration data collected by ONS through the National Cancer Registration Scheme.
derivedN
codelistN
notesFrom 1990 onwards only refers to death, not exit.
formerlyDEDADYACC
restrictedN
formatText
length2
occurs10
keywordAge
classification
comvarind
comvartime
field0CANC

CeLSIUS data dictionary based on original version supplied by ONS