Swiss National Cohort
SNC
Title | Prof. Dr. med. |
First name | Flex |
Last name | Gutzwiller |
Institution | |
Street Address | Sumatrastrasse 30 |
City | |
Postcode | 8006 |
Switzerland
http://www.swissnationalcohort.ch/
Swiss National Science Foundation
- Prion disease
The SNC is a long-term, 1990 census based, multipurpose cohort and research platform including currently mortality follow-up and other disease outcomes to be linked to this population in the future.
That it includes the whole Swiss resident population. Is purely based on record linkage procedures.
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http://www.swissnationalcohort.ch/index.php?id=2978
Age in years from: | 0 to 100 |
To (‘until death’ if applicable): | until death |
The whole Swiss resident population at census 1990 updated by census 2000
None
More than 15,000
See the cohort profile:
Bopp M, Spoerri A, Zwahlen M, Gutzwiller F, Paccaud F, Braun-Fahrlaender C et al.
Cohort Profile: The Swiss National Cohort–a longitudinal study of 6.8 million people. Int J Epidemiol 2009;38:379-84.
None
death as recorded on death certificate
- Prospective cohort
- Longitudinal
- Other health assessment (specify) / N/A
- none
No
05-12-1990
31-12-2008
Data collection ongoing
- Yes – funding applied for
- Through links to other records or registers (such as dental records, police records etc). Please specify
- Bopp M, Spoerri A, Zwahlen M, Gutzwiller F, Paccaud F, Braun-Fahrlaender C et al. Cohort Profile: The Swiss National Cohort–a longitudinal study of 6.8 million people. Int J Epidemiol 2009;38:379-84. PDF
No
Yes/No | % available | |
Data summarised in database | Yes | |
Database is web-based | No | |
Database on spreadsheet | No | |
Database is on paper | No | |
Other (specify) |
Yes/No | % available | |
Data held as individual records | Yes | |
Data is web-based | No | |
Data held on computer based records | Yes | |
Data held on cards | No | |
Other (specify) |
German, French, Italian, English
Yes
- Access Committee mechanism
- Applicant needs to provide separate external ethics approval
- Other criteria (please specify)
- Legal contracts with Swiss Federal Office of Statistics
No requirement to make data publicly available
No
No
- No