Survey: National Health Interview Survey 2002 (HIS 2002) (Malta)

Sponsor, manager or home institution: Directorate for Health Information and Research; Ministry for Health.

Primary purpose: To obtain valuable information regarding the nation's health, including the burden of illness and knowledge and behaviors related to health, that cannot be obtained from routinely collected information such as national registries.

Type of information: Information on Sociodemographic characteristics; Anthropometric measurements; Self perceived health; Mental Health; Chronic conditions and symptoms; Short term disability/Activity limitations; Long term disability; Tobacco use; Alcohol use; Diet Physical activity; Knowledge/attitudes about healthy lifestyles; Accidents; Hospitalisation; GP/Specialist/Dentist encounters; Consumption of medicines; Health promotion and disease prevention; Dental health; Health insurance and health expenditure; Quality of life.

Source of Information: Survey responses.

Data level: Respondent level.

Available data level: National level.

Number of Records: 5510 respondents

Date Range: 2002.

Cancer Areas of Interest: Unknown.

Data access: Partially publicly available [1]. Instructions to request data for restricted content [2].

Contact information: Information [3].