Database: Sotkanet Indicator Bank (Finland)

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Type of database: administrative/claims data; registry.

Primary purpose: Offer information about key population welfare and health data.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Finnish Institute of Health and Welfare.

Type of information: longitudinal. number of deaths, region, diagnosis, causes of death, age, year, cancer survival, income, screening, place of residence. Click here to learn more.

Source of Information: Cancer statistics (Finnish Cancer Registry), National Health Index (Kela and THL) and Morbidity index (THL). The source for the individual indicator can be found by clicking on "info ind xxxx", next to the name of each indicator.

Data level: regional level.

Number of records: unknown.

Date range: 1990 onwards.

Cancer areas of interest: C00-D48: All neoplasms. Click here to learn more.

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

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::administrative/claims data databaseType::registry dataOwner::Finnish Institute of Health and Welfare databaseStructure::longitudinal availableVariable::number of deaths availableVariable::region availableVariable::diagnosis availableVariable::causes of death availableVariable::age availableVariable::year availableVariable::cancer survival availableVariable::income availableVariable::screening availableVariable::place of residence dataLevel::regional level numberRecords::unknown dataStart::1990 dataEnd::onwards dataAvailability::publicly available hasDownloadableData::XLS hasDownloadableData::CSV isDatabase hasCancerType::C00-D48: All neoplasms hasCancerType::C00-C97: All cancer types hasCancerType::C00-C14: Mouth/throat cancers hasCancerType::C15-C26: Digestive system cancers hasCancerType::C30-C39: Lung/chest cancers hasCancerType::C40-C41: Bone cancers hasCancerType::C43-C44: Skin cancers/melanoma hasCancerType::C45-C49: Soft tissue cancer hasCancerType::C50: Breast cancer hasCancerType::C51-C58: Female genitalia cancers hasCancerType::C60-C63: Male genitalia cancer hasCancerType::C64-C68: Urinary system cancers hasCancerType::C69-C72: Eye and brain cancer hasCancerType::C73-C75: Thyroid and other gland cancers hasCancerType::C76-C80: Cancers of unknown or unspecified areas hasCancerType::C81-C96: Cancers of the blood and immune system hasCancerType::C97-C97: Cancers in multiple locations from the start hasCancerType::D00-D09: Early-stage cancers not yet spread hasCancerType::D10-D36: Benign tumour hasCancerType::D37-D48: Growths of uncertain nature hasCancerType::unknown