Database: Eurostat Compilation (European Union)

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Type of Database: registry

Primary purpose: To measure the health status, health determinants, and the use of health care services among EU citizens. It also provides information on mortality patterns and serves as a significant source of public health information, including data on the underlying causes of death according to WHO definitions.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Eurostat.

Type of cancer-related databases:

Surgical operations and procedures performed in hospitals by ICD-9-CM – historical data (1990-2016)

Surgical procedures

Preventive Cancer Screenings

Self-reported last breast examination by X-ray among women by age and educational attainment level

Self-reported last cervical smear test among women by age and degree of urbanisation

Self-reported last colorectal cancer screening test by sex, age and educational attainment level

Self-reported last colonoscopy by sex, age and income quintile

Breast cancer and cervical cancer screenings - historical data (2000-2021)

Causes of death - standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence

Causes of death - potential years of life lost by residence

Causes of death - deaths by NUTS 2 region of residence and occurrence, 3 year average

Causes of death - infant mortality by NUTS 2 region of residence, 3 year average

Treatable and preventable mortality of residents by cause and sex

Infant deaths occurring in the country by cause

Causes of death - absolute number

Causes of death by NUTS 2 regions - crude death rate, 3 year average - total

EU index of occupational diseases (2013=100) – experimental statistics

Death due to cancer by NUTS 2 regions

Data access: partially publicly available in Population and Social Conditions > Health click here to access. Instructions to request data for restricted content click here to access.