European Health Interview Survey (EHIS) (European Union)

Type of Database: survey

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

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Eurostat.

Type of information: longitudinal. comorbidities; self-perceived health; self-reported prevalence of chronic diseases; check-up examinations; periodicity of physician consultation; medication use; type of patient; screening; smoking habit; alcohol consumption; level of urbanisation; age; region; sex; income; education; quality of life. Data Dictionary: European Health Interview Survey (EHIS). Click here to learn more.

Available type of information: sex; education; income; self-perceived health; comorbidities; diagnosis; screening; periodicity of physician consultation; medication use; alcohol consumption; smoking habit; quality of life.

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: C15-C26: Digestive system cancers; C30-C39: Lung/chest cancers; C50: Breast cancer; C51-C58: Female genitalia cancer; C60-C63: Male genitalia cancer. Click here to learn more.

Data access: partially publicly available in "10. Accessibility and clarity", click here to access. Data can be downloaded in the formats XLSX; GZ; CSV and TSV. 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.