Survey: German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults (Germany)

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Type of database: survey.

Primary purpose: Describes the current health status of various subgroups of the general adult population of Germany aged 18-79. Click here to learn more.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Robert Koch Institute (RKI).

Type of information: cross-sectional; longitudinal. Data dictionary has not been found.

Available type of information: Includes information on participation of cancer screening services, age, sex, socioeconomic status, diagnosis, self-perceived health; self-reported prevalence of chronic diseases; smoking habit, type of patient, medication use, income, alcohol consumption, medical procedures. Click here to learn more.

Source of Information: Personal interviews, physical examinations, and analyses of blood and urine samples.

Data level: patient level.

Number of records: 8,151 adults (4,283 women; 3,868 men). Click here to learn more.

Date range: 2008 - 2011. Click here to learn more.

Cancer areas of interest: C15-C26: Digestive system cancers; C50: Breast cancer; C51-C58: Female genitalia cancer; C60-C63: Male genitalia cancer; C43-C44: Skin cancers/melanoma. Click here to learn more.

Data access: partially publicly available. Click here to access. Data can be downloaded in the PDF format. Data requires a grant proposal to be accessed. Instructions to request data for restricted content click here to access.

Contact information: Click here to access.