Database: ECIR - European Cancer Inequalities Registry (European Union)

Type of Database: registry

Primary purpose: To gather robust data on cancer prevention and care, enabling the identification of disparities and inequalities among EU Member States and regions as part of Europe's Beating Cancer Plan.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: European Commission.

Type of information: cross-sectional. sex; year; education; income; age; cancer incidence;causes of death; diagnosis; screening; smoking habit; alcohol consumption; region; level of urbanisation; employment status. Data Dictionary: ECIR – European Cancer Inequalities Registry.

Source of Information: The source varies according to the indicators. Click here to learn more.

Data level: european level and national level.

Number of Records: unknown.

Date range: 2011-onwards.

Cancer Areas of Interest: C00-C97: All cancer types. Click here to learn more.

Data access: publicly available. Click here to access. Also, it is possible to check out maps and graphs that present indicators related to cancer and country cancer profiles, click here to learn more, analytical reports click here to learn more and cancer inequalities factsheets click here to learn more.

Contact information: Click here to access.