Overview
Alternative title
MONICA/KORA
Type of information
Registry data
URL of the data source
Description
Part of the worldwide MONICA (Monitoring Trends and Determinants in Cardiovascular Disease) Project of the World Health Organization (WHO), the project was pursued 1996 as KORA (Cooperative Health Research in the Region Augsburg) Study.
Free keywords
Regional
Cause specific mortality
Topics
Health status » Morbidity/disability » Non-communicable diseases » Cardiovascular diseases;
Health status » Mortality » Age- and cause-specific mortality » Non-communicable diseases (excluding cancer)
Demographics
Country(ies):
Sex
Both
Dataset
Language(s)
German
Terms of data access
KORA data and biosamples are available upon request by means of a project agreement subject to approval by the KORA Board. Via the KORA.PASST tool, scientists can view and download data variables lists of the different KORA surveys and submit a proposal. The application process usually takes 5-10 weeks.
Use of KORA data:
To obtain permission to use KORA data under the terms of a project agreement, please use the digital tool KORA.PASST (Link to KORA.PASST).
Linkage possible
No
Contact
Data Owner(s)
Helmholtz Zentrum München - Independent Research Group Clinical Epidemiology
Contact name
Annette Peters
Contact e-mail
peters@helmholtz-muenchen.de
Updated on 28 September 2022