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

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Type of database: survey.

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.

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

Type of information: cross-sectional. age, sex, place of residence, region, education, employment status, self-perceived health, self-reported prevalence of chronic diseases, diagnosis, comorbidities, screening, quality of life; periodicity of physician consultation, healthcare costs, alcohol consumption, smoking habit, length of stay, type of patient, medication use.

Data Dictionary: National Health Interview Survey 2002.

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: C00-C97: All cancer types. Click here to learn more.

Data access: publicly available. Click here to access in "Reports". Data can be downloaded in the PDF format.

Contact information: Click here to access.

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