Database: National Health Survey (ENSE) (Spain)

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Primary purpose: It is an essential tool for the knowledge of citizens' health, which collaborates with health research and planning of policy making.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Ministerio de Sanidad and Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE).

Type of information: Contains information about health status, comprising the occurrence of malign tumors, access to health care, and measure of determinants of health. Monographic reports are also published, including reports on early cancer detection in the nation. All the indicators and variables used in the surveys can be checked in this document [3].

Source of information: Populational surveys.

Data level: regional level and patient level.

Number of Records: Varies accordingly to the year. Information about the amount of data can be found within the methodology document for each year [4].

Date range: 2017, 2011/2012, 2006, 2003, 2001, 1997, 1995, 1993, and 1987. Since 2009, it takes place on a 5-year basis.

Cancer Areas of Interest: cervical cancer (C53), breast cancer (C50) and vaginal cancer (C52). Other indicators present in the study can be related to different types of cancer.

Data access: partially publicly available [5], [6].

Contact information: Information [7].