European Health Interview Survey (EHIS) (European Union)

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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: Data Dictionary:European Health Interview Survey (EHIS) [1].

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 [2].

Data access: partially publicly available in 10. Accessibility and clarity [3]. Instructions to request data for restricted content [4].

Contact information: Information [5].