Database: Cancer Prevention Statistics (Lithuania)

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Primary purpose: Provide reliable information about health in Lithuania.

Sponsor, manager or home institution: State Data Agency of Lithuania.

Available type of information: Number of breast cancer and cervical cancer screenings; Year; Proportion of women who had mammography test; Period of time since examination; Age; Income; Employment status; Educational level; Region of residence; Proportion of women who had a cervical smear test; Cigarette smoking habits of the population; Frequency of smoking, Gender; Population smoking habits of tobacco products; Number of cigarettes smoked daily by the smoking population; Number of cigarettes; Proportion of the population who consulted a specialist during the last 12 months; Specialization (includes oncologist).

Source of information: Health Interview Survey, Population Register of State Enterprise Centre of Registers and the State Social Insurance Fund Board under the Ministry of Social Security and Labour (SODRA).

Data level: Patient level.

Available data level: Regional level.

Number of Records: Comprises all permanent residents of the Republic of Lithuania, aged 15 years or older, living in private households. In 2019, 70.3% of this population group answered the survey.

Date range: 2005 onwards (cancer screenings, population smoking habits) and 2014 onwards (mammography and cervical smear tests, cigarette smoking habit, and the number of cigarettes smoked daily).

Cancer Areas of Interest: Breast cancer, cervical cancer, and respiratory tract cancer.

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

Contact information: Information [4]. Incidence and prevalence contact information [5]