Table 1 |
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| Descriptive information on databases included in the analyses | |||||
| Country | Mortality data | Survey data | |||
| Type of data | Follow-up period | No of person yrs at risk | Year | No. of respondents | |
| Western Europe | |||||
| Belgium | Longitudinal | 1991–1996 | 24861015 | 1997/2001 | 18481 |
| Switzerland | Longitudinal | 1990–2000 | 27910587 | NA | NA |
| Nordic countries | |||||
| Sweden | Longitudinal | 1991–2000 | 43042216 | 2000/2001 | 11484 |
| Finland | Longitudinal | 1990–2000 | 25874201 | 1994/’96/’98/’00/’02’04 | 20371 |
| Denmark | Longitudinal | 1996–2000 | 13926290 | 2000 | 16690 |
| Norway | Longitudinal | 1990–2000 | 19956767 | 2002 | 6827 |
| Southern Europe | |||||
| Italy (Turin) | Longitudinal | 1991–2001 | 4873109 | 1999/2000† | 118245 |
| Spain (Barcelona) | Longitudinal | 1992–2001 | 8151810 | ||
| Spain (Madrid region) | Longitudinal | 1996–1997 | 3663332 | 2001† | 20748 |
| Spain (Basque country) | CS* linked | 1996–2001 | 6098457 | ||
| Baltic region | |||||
| Estonia | CS* unlinked | 1998–2002 | 3435255 | 2002/2004 | 4376 |
| Lithuania | CS* linked | 2000–2002 | 5156703 | 1994/’96/’98/’00/’02/’04 | 11647 |
| Central and Eastern Europe | |||||
| Slovenia | Longitudinal | 1991–2000 | 9647451 | 2002 | 1489 |
| Poland | CS* unlinked | 2001–2003 | 54883245 | NA | NA |
| Czech republic | CS* unlinked | 1999–2003 | 25761450 | 2002 | 2476 |
| Hungary | CS* unlinked | 1999–2002 | 21031348 | 2000/2003 | 10532 |
NA Not available.
*CS=Cross-sectional, †Survey data represent the whole of Italy and Spain.
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