Survey/Biobank: Health 2000 and 2011 (Finland)

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Type of database: survey; biobank.

Primary purpose: Store the sample collection and data information of participants from the Health 2000 and 2011 survey. The purpose of the survey was to gather data on the most important public health problems in working-aged and aged population, their causes and treatment as well as on the population’s functional capacity and working capacity.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: THL Biobank.

Type of information: cross-sectional. education; sex; age; marital status; employment status; diagnosis; self-perceived health; self-reported prevalence of chronic diseases; medical procedures; check-up examinations; periodicity of physician consultation; length of stay; type of patient; number of drugs; screening; healthcare costs; medication use; smoking habit; place of residence; region; comorbidities.

Data Dictionary: Health 2000 and 2011 - Finland.

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Available type of information: diagnosis; self-perceived health; medical procedures; smoking habit; region; education; marital status; comorbidities; year. There's also a sample collection from the participants at the THL Biobank. Click here to learn more.

Data level: patient level.

Number of records: About 13,000.

Date range: 2000 and 2011.

Cancer areas of interest: C00-C97: All cancer types. Click here to learn more.

Data access: partially publicly available. Click here to access. Data can be downloaded in the PDF format. Data has access costs. Data requires a grant proposal to be accessed. Instructions to request data for restricted content click here to access.

Contact information: Click here to access.