Health Impact - Swedish Population Evidence Enabling Data-linkage

26/05/2025
16/01/2026
Data source
Human
Birth registry
Cancer registry
Death registry
Disease registry
Drug registry
Hospital discharge records
Hospital inpatient records
Hospital outpatient visit records
Population registry
Primary care medical records
Vaccination registry
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Population Qualitative Data

Population age groups

  • In utero
  • Paediatric Population (< 18 years)
    • Neonate
      • Preterm newborn infants (0 – 27 days)
      • Term newborn infants (0 – 27 days)
    • Infants and toddlers (28 days – 23 months)
    • Children (2 to < 12 years)
    • Adolescents (12 to < 18 years)
  • Adult and elderly population (≥18 years)
    • Adults (18 to < 65 years)
      • Adults (18 to < 46 years)
      • Adults (46 to < 65 years)
    • Elderly (≥ 65 years)
      • Adults (65 to < 75 years)
      • Adults (75 to < 85 years)
      • Adults (85 years and over)

Estimated percentage of the population covered by the data source in the catchment area

The database covers the full Swedish population (officially registered inhabitants) since 2015.
Family linkage

Family linkage available in the data source permanently or can be created on an ad hoc basis

Permanently

Family linkage available between the following persons

Father-child
Household
Mother-child
Sibling
Population

Population size

12056974

Active population size

10588727

Population by age group

Age group Population size Active population size
Paediatric Population (< 18 years)
2199922
2090271
Neonate
1274
0
Infants and toddlers (28 days – 23 months)
200612
189841
Children (2 to < 12 years)
1215442
1141197
Adolescents (12 to < 18 years)
782594
759233
Adult and elderly population (≥18 years)
9857052
8498456
Adults (18 to < 65 years)
6690268
6233593
Adults (18 to < 46 years)
4077054
3764045
Adults (46 to < 65 years)
2613214
2469548
Elderly (≥ 65 years)
3166784
2264863
Adults (65 to < 75 years)
1222433
1059751
Adults (75 to < 85 years)
1178915
886481
Adults (85 years and over)
765436
318631
Median observation time

Median time (years) between first and last available records for unique individuals

10.70

Median time (years) between first and last available records for unique active individuals (alive and currently registered)

11.00