Country | Type of data | Follow-up period | Number of person years at risk | Educational level (%) | ||
Lower secondary or less | Upper secondary | Post secondary | ||||
Finland | Longitudinal | 1990–2000 | 22606143 | 47.2 | 30.9 | 21.8 |
Sweden | Longitudinal | 1991–2000 | 36137338 | 37.3 | 43.7 | 19.0 |
Norway | Longitudinal | 1990–2000 | 16666847 | 30.2 | 49.4 | 20.4 |
Denmark | Longitudinal | 1996–2000 | 11959629 | 43.1 | 36.0 | 20.9 |
Belgium | Longitudinal | 1991–1995 | 22349533 | 61.6 | 21.9 | 16.5 |
Switzerland | Longitudinal | 1990–2000 | 23663177 | 28.1 | 56.0 | 15.9 |
Turin | Longitudinal | 1991–2001 | 4147548 | 70.6 | 20.4 | 8.9 |
Barcelona | Longitudinal | 1992–2001 | 6733310 | 68.0 | 15.2 | 16.8 |
Madrid region | Longitudinal | 1996–1997 | 3216098 | 63.3 | 18.9 | 17.8 |
Basque region | Longitudinal | 1996–2001 | 5426107 | 67.2 | 18.4 | 14.4 |
Slovenia | Longitudinal | 1991–2000 | 8598967 | 45.5 | 43.2 | 11.2 |
Hungary | CS unlinked | 1999–2002 | 17926668 | 60.4 | 25.9 | 13.7 |
Czech Republic | CS unlinked | 1999–2003 | 22181655 | 59.5 | 29.1 | 11.4 |
Poland | CS unlinked | 2001–2003 | 47673756 | 53.2 | 34.5 | 12.3 |
Lithuania | CS unlinked | 2000–2002 | 4436508 | 22.5 | 59.5 | 18.0 |
Estonia | CS unlinked | 1998–2002 | 2950765 | 23.3 | 58.0 | 18.7 |
CS, Cross-sectional.