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Type of Database: survey
Primary purpose: To measure the health status, health determinants, and healthcare access among EU citizens in a harmonized and comparable manner across Member States.
Sponsor, manager or home institution: Eurostat.
Type of information: longitudinal. comorbidities; self-perceived health; self-reported prevalence of chronic diseases; check-up examinations; periodicity of physician consultation; medication use; type of patient; screening; smoking habit; alcohol consumption; level of urbanisation; age; region; sex; income; education; quality of life.
Data Dictionary: European Health Interview Survey (EHIS).
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Available type of information: sex; education; income; self-perceived health; comorbidities; diagnosis; screening; periodicity of physician consultation; medication use; alcohol consumption; smoking habit; quality of life.
Data level: respondent level.
Number of Records: Population aged 15 or over living in private households residing in the territory of the EU countries.
Date range: 2006-2020.
Cancer Areas of Interest: C15-C26: Digestive system cancers; C30-C39: Lung/chest cancers; C50: Breast cancer; C51-C58: Female genitalia cancer; C60-C63: Male genitalia cancer. Click here to learn more.
Data access: partially publicly available in "10. Accessibility and clarity", click here to access. Data can be downloaded in the formats XLSX; GZ; CSV and TSV. 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.
Esophagus
Stomach
Small intestine
Large intestine
Rectum
Anus
Liver
Gallbladder
Bile ducts
Pancreas
Colon
Lung
Trachea
Bronchi
Pleura
Mediastinum
Lobular
Breast
Nipple
Areola
Ductal
Vulva
Vagina
Cervix
Uterus
Ovary
Fallopian tubes
Endometrium
Prostate
Testicles
Penis
databaseType::survey
dataOwner::Eurostat
databaseStructure::longitudinal
hasVariable::comorbidities
hasVariable::self-perceived health
hasVariable::self-reported prevalence of chronic diseases
hasVariable::check-up examinations
hasVariable::periodicity of physician consultation
hasVariable::medication use
hasVariable::type of patient
hasVariable::screening
hasVariable::smoking habit
hasVariable::alcohol consumption
hasVariable::level of urbanisation
hasVariable::age
hasVariable::region
hasVariable::sex
hasVariable::income
hasVariable::education
hasVariable::quality of life
hasDataDictionary::Data Dictionary: European Health Interview Survey (EHIS)
availableVariable::sex
availableVariable::education
availableVariable::income
availableVariable::self-perceived health
availableVariable::comorbidities
availableVariable::diagnosis
availableVariable::screening
availableVariable::periodicity of physician consultation
availableVariable::medication use
availableVariable::alcohol consumption
availableVariable::smoking habit
availableVariable::quality of life
dataLevel::respondent level
dataStart::2006
dataEnd::2020
hasCancerType::C51-C58: Female genitalia cancer
dataAvailability::partially publicly available
hasDownloadableData::XLSX
hasDownloadableData::GZ
hasDownloadableData::CSV
hasDownloadableData::TSV
hasGrantRequirement::Data requires a grant proposal to be accessed
hasDataAccessInstructions::[https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/microdata click here to access
hasCancerType::C15-C26: Digestive system cancers
hasCancerType::C30-C39: Lung/chest cancers
hasCancerType::C50: Breast cancer
hasCancerType::C60-C63: Male genitalia cancer
hasCancerType::C00-D48: All neoplasms
hasCancerType::C00-C97: All cancer types
Esophageal
Gastric
Intestinal
Bowel
Colorectal
Appendix
Appendiceal
Duodenum
Jejunum
Ileum
Anal
Perianal
Hepatic
Biliary
Hepatobiliary
Axilla
Axillary
Mammary
Prostatic
Testicular
Penile
