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    Overview
    Type of information
    Registry data
    Description

    Statistics and research. The purpose is to collect data in order to develop and organise maternity care, obstetrical services and neonatal care. Register collects information about all life and death births in Finland for children who's birth weight is at least 500g or pregnancy has lasted at least 22 weeks. Also information about mothers of these children are collected.

    Free keywords
    births
    Topics
    Health status » Morbidity/disability
    Country(ies):
    GEO coverage
    Nuts 3
    Target Population
    General population
    Age range
    From 0 years
    Sex
    Both
    Data Collection Period
    Language(s)
    Finnish,
    Swedish
    Personal Identifier
    National identifier
    Level of aggregation
    Individual
    Terms of data access

    Data can be requested through Findata (findata.fi)

    Linkage possible
    Yes
    Data Owner(s)
    TERVEYDEN JA HYVINVOINNIN LAITOS
    Contact name
    Sirkku Kiuru
    Contact e-mail
    sirkku.kiuru@thl.fi
    Contact info (address)

    THL, Finland

    Updated on 17 January 2023