Norwegian Institute of Public Health

The Cancer Registry of Norway contains data on all cases of cancer diagnoses from 1953 to the present day.

CONOR is a collection of health data and blood samples from several Norwegian health surveys. When the data collection is complete, CONOR will be a unique database with health data and biological samples of about 200 000 individuals. The purpose of CONOR is investigating the causes of disease.

Data from the mass miniature X-ray screening programme for tuberculosis include height and weight (1963-75), along with the assessment of the miniature X-ray for tuberculosis and other conditions (1963-75 and additional periods). Vaccination status (BCG) and response to the Adrenaline-Pirquet (AP) tuberculin tests is also available.

The MBRN contains information from 1967 to the present day about medical conditions during pregnancies, births and newborns in Norway.

Norhealth Statistics (norgeshelsa.no) contains statistics on health, illness, risk factors and population in Norwegian counties. You can create tables and different types of charts.

The Norwegian Breast Cancer Registry is part of the incidence registry of the Cancer Registry of Norway and contains data on breast cancer dating back to 2009.

The registry contains information on all patients affected by unexpected cardiac arrest in Norway, where cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is started.

The Norwegian Cardiovascular Disease Registry contains information from 2012 until today about people with diseases of the heart and blood vessels, and about the treatment of these diseases.

The Norwegian Cause of Death Registry contains information on deaths and causes of death in Norway from 1951 until today. The registry is an important source of information about the state of health and mortality in the population, and about the changes in causes of death over time.

The Norwegian Childhood Cancer Registry is part of the incidence registry of the Cancer Registry of Norway and contains data on cancer diagnoses for children aged 0-17 years dating back to 1985.

The Norwegian Colorectal Cancer Registry is part of the incidence registry of the Cancer Registry of Norway and contains data on rectal cancer dating back to 1993, and data on colon cancer dating back to 2007.

The surveys are web-based, and invitations are sent out via text message and e-mail. The questionnaire in the surveys is based on a template designed by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health.

The Norwegian Gynecological Cancer Registry is part of the incidence registry of the Cancer Registry of Norway and contains data on ovarian, fallopian tube, and peritoneal cancer dating back to 2012, and data on cervical cancer dating back to 2019.

The registry contains information on patients ≥18 years of age who have been referred to a heart failure outpatient clinic at a hospital in Norway.

SYSVAK is a national, electronic immunisation registry that records an individual’s vaccination status and vaccination coverage in Norway.

The Norwegian Lung Cancer Registry is part of the incidence registry of the Cancer Registry of Norway and contains data on lung cancer dating back to 2013.

The Norwegian Melanoma Registry is part of the incidence registry of the Cancer Registry of Norway and contains data on melanoma dating back to 2008.

The Norwegian Myocardial Infarction (MI) Registry is a disease-specific medical quality registry organized within the framework of the Norwegian Cardiovascular Disease Registry from 2012.

The database contains information on all patients admitted to the country's neonatal wards, both sick children born after full-term pregnancy and children born prematurely.

The Norwegian Oesophagus and Ventricular Cancer Registry is part of the incidence registry of the Cancer Registry of Norway and contains data on oesphagus and ventricular cancer dating back to 2015.

The Norwegian Pancreatic Cancer Registry is part of the incidence registry of the Cancer Registry of Norway and contains data on pancreatic cancer dating back to 2020.

The Norwegian Patient Registry contains information on everyone who is referred for or has received specialized healthcare at a hospital, outpatients' clinic or from contract specialists.

Personally identifiable registry with information on medicines dispensed by prescription from pharmacies in Norway from and including 2004. 

The Medicines Register has replaced The Norwegian Prescription Database (NorPD) and it is no longer possible to apply for data from the NorPD. For access to information on medicines that have been dispensed at pharmacies based on prescriptions, see the Norwegian Prescribed Drug Registry.

The Norwegian Prostate Cancer Registry is part of the incidence registry of the Cancer Registry of Norway and contains data on prostate cancer dating back to 2004.

The register contains information about patients who have either undergone open surgery or have had closed surgical procedures on the heart and the large vessels close to the heart.

The Norwegian Registry for Primary Health Care is a collection of registries with personally identifiable information. It contains information on applicants and recipients of healthcare in Norwegian municipalities.

NORIC is a national medical quality registry that includes patients who undergo invasive coronary procedures and catheter-based treatment of heart valves at hospitals in Norway. This mainly includes procedures such as coronary angiography, percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), and catheter-based aortic valve implantation (TAVI).

The Norwegian Registry of Lymphoid Malignancies is part of the incidence registry of the Cancer Registry of Norway and contains data on lymphoma and lymphoid leukemia dating back to 2013, and data on myeloma dating back to 2018.

The registry contains information on abortions in Norway from 1979 until today.

The Norwegian Sarcoma Registry is part of the incidence registry of the Cancer Registry of Norway and contains data on sarcomas back to 2018.

The Norwegian Stroke Registry is the national quality registry for the treatment of strokes. It is part of the Norwegian Cardiovascular Disease Registry.

The registry contains information from 2005 until today on antibiotic use and healthcare-associated infections in hospitals, outpatient clinics and nursing homes in Norway.

NORM is a Norwegian health registry for monitoring of antibiotic resistance. It contains de-identified patient health information, in addition to information on infecting bacterial and fungal species and their resistance to antibiotics and fungicides.

MSIS contains information about infectious diseases in humans in Norway, from 1977 until today.

RAVN is a Norwegian nationwide surveillance system for antiviral resistance. The registry contains anonymous health information about persons with certain viral infections, information about the viruses and their resistance to antiviral drugs.

The Norwegian Twin Registry (NTR) contains information on around 39,000 Norwegian twins, mainly from the birth cohorts between 1915 and 1991. NTR is consent-based and participation is voluntary.

NORKAR registers all vascular surgical operations performed in Norway. That is, operations on the arteries and collecting veins outside the heart and head.

The age-40 programme was conducted throughout Norway and focused mainly on cardiovascular diseases and the associated risk factors. The data were collected between 1985 and 1999.

The postal follow-up study collected new information from previous participants in the cardiovascular studies in the Norwegian counties of Finnmark, Sogn og Fjordane, and Oppland. The follow-up study was conducted in 2006-2008.

The Cardiovascular Disease Study in Norwegian Counties was carried out in three counties (Finnmark, Sogn og Fjordane, and Oppland), with three visits for longitudinal follow-up between 1974 and 1988.

Individual-based Statistics for Nursing and Care Services (IPLOS) is a pseudonymous registry with individual encrypted information about applicants and recipients of nursing and care in Norwegian municipalities. Since 2007, this has been the main data source for Norwegian health and care statistics. Since 2017, this information has been included in the Norwegian Registry for Primary Health Care (KPR).

The Norwegian Growth Cohort is a population-based health study consisting of data on height and weight from children aged 8 and 13 years. Waist width was also measured on most 8-year-olds.

The Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) is a prospective population-based birth cohort study conducted by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. Participants were recruited from all over Norway between 1999 and 2008.

The information from this health study has been used to create an overview of the health of the population in the Norwegian counties of Hedmark and Oppland. The survey was conducted between 2000 and 2001, with similar data collected as in The Oslo Health Study (HUBRO), including local adaptations.

The study was conducted in the city of Oslo from May 2000 to September 2001. HUBRO contains information about the participants' state of health, based on questionnaires and results of a health examination that includes measurements of height, weight and waist circumference, heart rate and blood pressure as well as a blood test.

More than 3,700 people from five different immigrant groups participated in this health study, which was conducted in Oslo in 2002. Both information and biomaterials were collected. The main focus was on diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.

The Oslo Study I was conducted in 1972-1973. The study included the epidemiological aspect of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) among men aged 20-49 years and how CVD could be prevented. The Oslo Study and the succeeding intervention trial are well known through nearly 100 publications.

The Oslo Study II was conducted in 2000. It is a follow-up study of men who had previously participated in The Oslo Study I in 1972/73.

The Romsås in Motion study (MoRo) was conducted from March to May 2003. All individuals 30-67 years of age were invited by letter to the baseline survey. As a control group, an age-matched population-based sample from a similar population in a neighbouring district (Furuset) was used.

The population-based TROFINN Health Study (Troms and Finnmark counties - except Tromsø) was conducted between 2001 and 2003. The objectives of the study were more or less the same as for The Oslo Health Study (HUBRO).

Youth Studies were conducted in six Norwegian counties from 2000 to 2005.