Survey: German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults (Germany)
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Sponsor, manager or home institution: Robert Koch Institute (RKI).
Primary purpose: Describes the current health status of various subgroups of the general adult population of Germany aged 18-79.
Type of information: Data dictionary containing all variables [1], which includes self-reported cancer cases and cancer screening.
Source of Information: Personal interviews, physical examinations, and analyses of blood and urine samples.
Data level: patient level.
Number of Records: 8,151 adults (4,283 women; 3,868 men) [2].
Date Range: 2008.
Cancer Areas of Interest: unknown.
Data access: partially publicly available [3]. Instructions to request data for restricted content [4].
Contact information: Information [5].
