Database: European Health for All database (HFA-DB) (European Union)
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Type of Database: registry
Primary purpose: To compile and provide access to essential health-related statistics from Member States of the WHO European Region, supporting monitoring frameworks like Health 2020 and the Sustainable Development Goals.
Sponsor, manager or home institution: WHO Europe.
Type of information: longitudinal. age; year; region; sex; cancer incidence; cancer prevalence; diagnosis. Data Dictionary: European Health for All database (HFA-DB).
Source of Information: Varies for each indicator. Source can be checked by clicking on the indicators in the following list. Click here to learn more.
Data level: national level, global level.
Number of Records: unknown.
Date range: 1961 onwards.
Cancer Areas of Interest: C00-D48: All neoplasms.
Data access: publicly available. Data can be downloaded with the "Download dataset" button in the following page. Click here to access. There is also a data explorer containing three full datasets. Click here to access. Additionally, there is a data warehouse with these and other databases to be downloaded or used via API, including JSON files. Click here to access.
Contact information: Contact information is at the bottom of any page on the website.
