The final EUROCARE-6 database contains about 28 million records of patients diagnosed with cancer in Europe from 1978 to 2013 and followed up to December 31, 2014.
Overall, 117 population-based cancer registries (CRs) from 31 European countries (EU27 and EFTA countries) supplied their data, 8 of them were collecting childhood cancers only (ages 0–14 or 19) and 13 registries were gathering information only on specific cancers (haematological, digestive apparatus, etc..).
Adult (15+ years) population coverage is 100% in 23 countries (Finland, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Ireland, UK-England, UK-Wales, UK-Scotland, UK-Northern Ireland, The Netherland, Austria, Belgium, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Cyprus and Malta) and partial in 6: France (23 CRs), Germany (7CRs), Italy (39 CRs), Portugal (3CRs covering nearly the whole population, 98%), Spain (9CRs) and Switzerland (5CRs). Overall, the EUROCARE-6 study covers 64% of the population of the 29 participating countries (477 million inhabitants in 2020) and 52% of the EU-27 population (22 Member States out of 27; more specifically Greece, Sweden, Hungary, Romania and Luxembourg are missing).
The population coverage for Childhood cancers is complete (100%) for 28 European countries (the same 23 CRs providing data on adult patients plus France, Germany, Greece*, Hungary*, and Switzerland). Only Italy, Portugal and Spain don’t cover the whole national population. The EUROCARE-6 study covers 85% of the European paediatric population (0-14 years).
Countries were grouped into five European areas as shown below:
Northern Europe
Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and Norway
Ireland and UK
Ireland, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales
Central Europe
Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland
Southern Europe
Croatia, Cyprus, Greece*, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia, and Spain
Eastern Europe
Bulgaria, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary*, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Slovakia
*only childhood cancers
Map of adult cancer registries contributing to the EUROCARE-6 study
Map of childhood cancer registries contributing to the EUROCARE-6 study
