Country | Type of study | Years | Years of follow-up | Person-years | Deaths | Educational structure (in %) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low | Mid | High | ||||||
Finland | Longitudinal | 1990–2000 | 10 | 25 874 201 | 270 232 | 50.1 | 29.3 | 20.6 |
Finland* | Longitudinal | 2001–2007 | 7 | 15 435 298 | 105 379 | 33.9 | 36.8 | 29.3 |
Sweden | Longitudinal | 1991–2000 | 10 | 43 042 216 | 393 038 | 40.6 | 41.7 | 17.7 |
Sweden | Longitudinal | 2001–2006 | 6 | 28 087 496 | 187 168 | 27.1 | 50.3 | 22.6 |
Norway | Longitudinal | 1990–2000 | 10 | 19 956 767 | 213 022 | 33.1 | 47.7 | 19.2 |
Norway | Longitudinal | 2001–2006 | 5 | 11 645 682 | 70 191 | 19.7 | 55.0 | 25.3 |
Denmark | Longitudinal | 1996–2000 | 5 | 13 926 291 | 136 065 | 45.1 | 34.9 | 20.0 |
Denmark | Longitudinal | 2001–2005 | 5 | 14 498 528 | 122 728 | 38.6 | 37.7 | 23.7 |
England & Wales† | Longitudinal | 1991–1996 | 5.5 | 1 530 278 | 14 966 | 85.1 | - | 14.9 |
England & Wales† | Longitudinal | 2001–2006 | 5 | 1 432 977 | 9145 | 80.7 | - | 19.3 |
Belgium | Longitudinal | 1991–1995 | 5 | 23 684 150 | 206 444 | 63.1 | 21.0 | 15.9 |
Belgium | Longitudinal | 2004–2005 | 2 | 11 221 276 | 73 001 | 48.6 | 25.2 | 26.2 |
France‡ | Longitudinal | 1990–1999 | 10 | 2 478 782 | 20 215 | 56.1 | 32.3 | 11.6 |
France§ | Longitudinal | 1999–2005 | 6 | 1 521 946 | 8796 | 42.4 | 40.4 | 17.2 |
Switzerland¶ | Longitudinal | 1990–2000 | 10 | 27 910 587 | 255 275 | 30.3 | 54.5 | 15.2 |
Switzerland¶ | Longitudinal | 2001–2005 | 5 | 15 635 957 | 82 195 | 19.8 | 57.8 | 22.4 |
Barcelona | Repeated CS | 1992–1998 | 7 | 6 285 178 | 39 830 | 64.9 | 18.0 | 17.1 |
Barcelona | Repeated CS | 2000–2006 | 7 | 6 858 828 | 35 143 | 55.7 | 21.5 | 22.8 |
Basque C | Longitudinal | 1996–2001 | 5 | 6 048 696 | 34 230 | 69.9 | 16.8 | 13.3 |
Basque C | Longitudinal | 2001–2006 | 5 | 6 312 758 | 32 169 | 60.9 | 20.5 | 18.6 |
Madrid | Longitudinal | 1996–1997 | 1.5 | 4 122 305 | 25 356 | 64.9 | 18.1 | 17.1 |
Madrid | Longitudinal | 2001–2003 | 1.5 | 4 967 231 | 26 279 | 56.6 | 21.9 | 21.5 |
Turin | Longitudinal | 1991–2001 | 10 | 4 873 109 | 50 621 | 71.5 | 19.8 | 8.6 |
Turin | Longitudinal | 2001–2006 | 5 | 2 422 742 | 14 186 | 59.2 | 27.4 | 13.4 |
Hungary | CS unlinked | 1988–1991 | 4 | 22 408 012 | 297 749 | 59.4 | 30.2 | 10.4 |
Hungary | CS unlinked | 1999–2002 | 4 | 22 479 484 | 282 601 | 43.6 | 43.2 | 13.2 |
Lithuania** | CS unlinked | 1988–1990 | 3 | 5 135 151 | 45 449 | 44.6 | 42.1 | 13.4 |
Lithuania** | CS unlinked | 2000–2002 | 3 | 5 199 153 | 48 092 | 22.5 | 59.5 | 18.0 |
Estonia | CS unlinked | 1987–1991 | 5 | 4 011 470 | 45 611 | 41.9 | 42.6 | 15.5 |
Estonia | CS unlinked | 1998–2002 | 5 | 3 684 050 | 50 035 | 26.2 | 55.7 | 18.1 |
All data, unless otherwise mentioned, refer to the age group 30–74 years.
*20% of Finns are excluded (at random).
†1% representative sample of population.
‡1% representative sample of the population; people from overseas areas, military and students are excluded.
§1% representative sample of the population; people born outside France mainland are excluded.
¶Non-Swiss nationals excluded.
**Age range 30–69 years.
CS, cross-sectional.