Health Impact - Swedish Population Evidence Enabling Data-linkage

26/05/2025
28/08/2026
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

  • 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

12145746

Active population size

10594449

Population by age group

Age group Population size Active population size
Paediatric Population (< 18 years)
2108368
2010484
Neonate
0
0
Infants and toddlers (28 days – 23 months)
182057
180802
Children (2 to < 12 years)
1125032
1071208
Adolescents (12 to < 18 years)
801279
758474
Adult and elderly population (≥18 years)
10037378
8583965
Adults (18 to < 65 years)
6703551
6249702
Adults (18 to < 46 years)
4068116
3765529
Adults (46 to < 65 years)
2635435
2484173
Elderly (≥ 65 years)
3333827
2334263
Adults (65 to < 75 years)
1179665
1070743
Adults (75 to < 85 years)
1153657
911543
Adults (85 years and over)
1000505
351977
Median observation time

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

11.20

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

11.20