Database: OECD Health Statistics (European Union)

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Type of Database: registry

Primary purpose: Provides health data and metadata for OECD countries and selected non-member economies.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

Type of information: longitudinal. year; sex; cancer incidence; diagnosis; causes of death; region. Click here to learn more.

Source of Information: International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and World Health Organisation Mortality Database.

Data level: national level.

Number of Records: unknown.

Date range: 1960-2021.

Cancer Areas of Interest: C00-C97: All cancer types. Click here to learn more.

Cancer Areas of Interest: OECD Health Statistics.

Data access: publicly available. Click here to access. Data can be downloaded in the formats XLS and CSV.

(To access Cancer Incidence data, click the link, then go to the "Health" section, click on "Health status" then click in "Cancer");

(To access Cancer Mortality data, click the link, then go to the "Health" section, click on "Health status" then click in "Causes of mortality" and choose the cause of death)

Contact information: Click here to access.

Mouth Throat Oropharynx Nasopharynx Hypopharynx Larynx Salivary glands Lips Tonsils base of tongue Voice box Esophagus Stomach Small intestine Large intestine Colon Rectum Anus Liver Gallbladder Bile ducts Pancreas Lung Trachea Bronchi Pleura Mediastinum Bone Cartilage Osteosarcoma Ewings sarcoma Skin Melanoma Scalp Lips Hands Feet Muscle Fat Tendon Ligament Blood vessels Connective tissue Sarcoma Angiosarcoma Liposarcoma Lobular Breast Nipple Areola Ductal Vulva Vagina Cervix Uterus Ovary Fallopian tubes Endometrium Prostate Testicles Penis Kidney Ureter Bladder Urethra Eye Brain Spinal cord Thyroid gland Parathyroid Adrenal glands Pituitary gland Pancreas Thymus gland Peritoneum Pericardium Retroperitoneum Mesothelium Blood Bone marrow Lymph nodes Spleen Leukemia databaseType::registry dataOwner::The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) databaseStructure::longitudinal availableVariable::year availableVariable::sex availableVariable::cancer incidence availableVariable::diagnosis availableVariable::causes of death availableVariable::region dataLevel::national level numberRecords::unknown dataStart::1960 dataEnd::2021 hasCancerType::C00-C97: All cancer types dataAvailability::publicly available hasDownloadableData::XLS hasDownloadableData::CSV