Database: Statistik Austria Cancer Registry (Austria)

Go back to Austria page

Type of database: registry.

Primary purpose: Provide open access information about cancer incidence. Click here to learn more.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Statistik Austria.

Type of information: longitudinal. sex, region, year, age, diagnosis, tumor staging, number of deaths, tumor histology and cancer survival Data Dictionary: Cancer Registry. More information and data dictionaries on this and other datasets can be found on the Search bar by typing "KRE 2020 - Krebsstatistik (Krebsregister)" and opening the file: click here to learn more.

Available type of information: cancer incidence (by sex, place of residence, age, tumor staging, and tumor histology), cancer prevalence and cancer survival probability of patients. Click here to learn more; Click here to learn more.

Source of information: Hospitals are obliged to report cancer cases and deaths caused by cancer.

Data level: patient level.

Available data level: regional level and national level.

Number of records: unknown.

Date range: 1983 onwards.

Cancer areas of interest: C00-C97: All cancer types; D00-D09: Early-stage cancers not yet spread. Full list of cancer types: Statistik Austria Cancer Registry. Click here to learn more

Data access: partially publicly available. Tables: click here to access; Graphs, tables and maps: click here to access. Data can be downloaded in the formats CSV, XLSX, TXD and ZIP. Data has access costs. Click here to learn more. Instructions to request data for restricted content: click here to learn more.

Contact information: Click here to learn more.