Database: Cancer Prevention Statistics (Lithuania)

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Primary purpose: Provide reliable information about health in Lithuania.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: State Data Agency of Lithuania.

Available type of information: Number of breast and cervical cancer screenings; year; Proportion of women who had mammography test; Period of time since examination; age; Income; employment status; educational level; Region of residence; Proportion of women who had a cervical smear test; Cigarette smoking habits of the population; Frequency of smoking, sex; Population smoking habits of tobacco products; Number of cigarettes smoked daily by the smoking population; Number of cigarettes; Proportion of the population who consulted a specialist during the last 12 months; Specialization (includes oncologist). Click here to learn more.

Source of information: Health Interview Survey, Population Register of State Enterprise Centre of Registers and the State Social Insurance Fund Board under the Ministry of Social Security and Labour (SODRA).

Data level: patient level.

Available data level: regional level.

Number of Records: Comprises all permanent residents of the Republic of Lithuania, aged 15 years or older, living in private households. In 2019, 70.3% of this population group answered the survey.

Date range: 2005 onwards (cancer screenings, population smoking habits) and 2014 onwards (mammography and cervical smear tests, cigarette smoking habit, and the number of cigarettes smoked daily).

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

Data access: partially publicly available. Click here to access in "Population and social statistics" > "Health" > "Prevention". Instructions to request data for restricted content [1].

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