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Stockholm Birth Cohort Multigenerational Study

RELINK53

RELINK53, created in 2017/2018, is defined as all individuals born in 1953 who lived in Sweden in 1960, 1965, and/or 1968, as well as their ascendant, contemporaneous and descendant family members. RELINK53 contains information collected from a variety of administrative registers.

  • The Cause of Death Register (from 1952)
  • The National Patient Register (inpatient care from 1964, outpatient care from 2001)
  • The Cancer Register (from 1958)
  • The Medical Birth Register (from 1973)
  • The Social Assistance Register (from 1985)
  • The Register on Social Services for Children and youth (from 1968)
  • The Register on Municipal Health Care (from 2007)
  • Information on sickness leave and benefits (from 1955)
  • The National Crime Register (from 1973)
  • Military conscription data (from 1968)
  • Longitudinal Integration Database for Health Insurance and Labour Market Studies (from 1990)
  • The Educational Registers (from 1973)
  • The Multi-Generation Register (-)
  • The 1960 Census
  • The 1965 Census
  • The 1970 Census
  • The 1975 Census
  • The 1980 Census
  • The 1985 Census
  • The 1990 Census
  • The Total Population Register (-)

Last updated: June 2, 2022

Source: Stockholm Birth Cohort Multigen

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