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    Overview
    Type of information
    Survey/interview data
    Description

    FINRISK is a large Finnish population survey on risk factors on chronic, noncommunicable diseases.The Department of Public Health Solutions coordinates the data analyses, reporting and access to data and samples. 

    The survey was carried out for 40 years since 1972 every five years using independent, random and representative population samples from different parts of Finland. In 2012, 6424 persons participated. 

    The FINRISK Study is also known as the North Karelia Project and it was part of the World Health Organization MONICA Project (FINMONICA) in 1982-1992. The over 40 years of research from 1972 is called the National FINRISK Study.

    Data from the FINRISK surveys are used for many different research projects and for national health monitoring needs. Recent research activities deal, in addition to cardiovascular diseases and the classical risk factors, also with e.g. asthma and allergy, alcohol, socioeconomic factors and genetic epidemiology.

    The FINRISK 1992–2012 collections were transferred to THL Biobank in June 2015.

    The National FINRISK Study and Health 2000 Survey were joined to form a new population study, the National FinHealth Study. The first survey was conducted in Spring 2017 in 50 areas. 

    Free keywords
    smoking
    obesity
    hypertension
    total cholesterol
    alcohol
    diet
    Topics
    Health status » Morbidity/disability;
    Health status » Wellbeing;
    Determinants of health » Individual characteristics and behaviours » Behaviours;
    Determinants of health » Individual characteristics and behaviours » Individual characteristics
    Country(ies):
    GEO coverage
    Nuts 2
    Target Population
    General population
    Age range
    From 25 years
    Sex
    Both
    Data Collection Period
    Language(s)
    English,
    Finnish,
    Swedish
    Personal Identifier
    National identifier
    Level of aggregation
    Individual
    Terms of data access

    Data can be requested through THL biobank (https://thl.fi/en/web/thl-biobank/for-researchers/application-process)

    Linkage possible
    Yes
    Data Owner(s)
    TERVEYDEN JA HYVINVOINNIN LAITOS
    Contact name
    Pekka Jousilahti
    Contact e-mail
    pekka.jousilahti@thl.fi
    Contact info (address)

    More information at finriski (at) thl.fi

    Updated on 14 March 2022