European Health Interview Survey (EHIS) (European Union)

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Sponsor, manager or home institution: Eurostat.

Primary purpose: To measure the health status, health determinants, and healthcare access among EU citizens in a harmonized and comparable manner across Member States.

Type of information: Data Dictionary:European Health Interview Survey (EHIS).

Data level: respondent level.

Number of Records: Population aged 15 or over living in private households residing in the territory of the EU countries.

Date Range: 2006-2020.

Cancer Areas of Interest: tracheal cancer (C33); bronchial and lung cancer (C34); colon cancer (C18-C20); breast cancer (C50); cervical cancer (C53); prostate cancer (C61).

Data access: partially publicly available [1]. Instructions to request data for restricted content [2].

Contact information: Information [3].