Data Source

Registry + Survey

Type of Study

Longitude survey: long-term study of the same sample

Data gathering method

Registries

Registries and questionnaires

Conditions of access

Formal agreements (e.g. fees, research contracts, institutional agreements, etc.)

Free access

Time elapsed between application and reception of data

Up to one year

Type of available data (e.g. anonymised microdata, aggregated tables, etc.)

Aggregated tables

Formats available

Excel, Text

Language issues

Data is available in English and Croatian.

Years of collection, reference years, and sample sizes

Data has been collected every year until 2012.

First year of collection

1951

Stratification if applicable

Stratification by county, age, sex, diagnosis, examination

Base used for sampling

Official Statistics

Geographical coverage and breakdowns

NUTS-1, NUTS-3

Age range

All ages, different age groups

Statistical representativeness

Population and regional representative, special groups: children, school children, women, workers, etc.

Coverage of main and cross-cutting topics

The data cover the whole health system. The data source allows for a detailed study.

Further Reading

• Hrvatski zdravstveno-statistički ljetopis za 2011. godinu - Croatian Health Service Yearbook 2011

Standardisation

The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision (ICD-10)

Possibility of linkage among databases

There is no common variable that allows linkage among databases or registries.

Entry errors if applicable

Statistical estimates in some cases

Breaks

NA

Consistency of terminology or coding used during collection

NA

This is the most reliable source of health data in Croatia. The data provide information about the ultimate course of diseases in the population. It covers the entire Croatian population for a long period of time and is very detailed.