Database: Eurostat Compilation (European Union)
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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)
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 [1]. Instructions to request data for restricted content [2].
