Database: Disease Incidence and Prevalence (Lithuania)

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Primary purpose: To monitor diagnosis-specific morbidity among the Lithuanian population, along with the characteristics of those affected and the overall health dynamics of the populace.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Institute of Hygiene (HI).

Available type of information: Number of persons ill with certain diseases (prevalence per person); diagnosis; age; sex; urban and rural population; Number of persons diagnosed with diseases directly linked to alcohol consumption; Persons with newly diagnosed malignant neoplasms caused by smoking; New cases of smoking related diseases (incidence per episode).

Source of information: Data on incidence and prevalence is calculated from administrative data source CHIF IS.

Data level: patient level.

Available data level: regional level.

Number of records: unknown.

Date range: 2001 onwards.

Cancer Areas of Interest: cervical cancer (C53), breast cancer (C50) and respiratory tract cancer (C30-C39).

Data access: partially publicly available. Population and social statistics -> Health -> Disease incidence and prevalence. Instructions to request data for restricted content [1].

Contact information: Information [2]. Incidence and prevalence contact information [3]