Database: I.Stat - Smoking Habits (Italy)

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Primary purpose: Provide access to data collection results from all statistical themes, including health and healthcare.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: National Institute of Statistics (Istat).

Type of information: Surveys used to collect data [1].

Available type of information: Smoking habit (smoker, never smoker, former-smoker), number of cigarettes per day, the average number of cigarettes, all organized per age, educational level, occupation, and region.

Source of information: Survey carried out on a sample of about 25,000 families distributed in about 800 Italian municipalities of different demographic sizes.

Data level: Patient level.

Available data level: Regional and national level.

Number of Records: 25,000 families every year.

Date Range: 1993 onwards.

Cancer Areas of Interest: Cancers of the oral cavity and pharynx; esophagus; stomach; colon and rectum; liver; pancreas; larynx; lung, bronchus, and trachea; kidney and renal pelvis; urinary bladder; and cervix.

Data access: Partially publicly available [2]. Instructions to request data for restricted content [3].

Contact information: Information [4].