Health statistics from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health

The Norwegian Institute of Public Health has two statistical banks with data on health status, disease, treatment, risk factors, birth and abortion, health services and social inequalities in health. Norgeshelsa Statbank has data that is adapted for the country, health regions and counties. Kommunehelsa Statbank has data that is adapted for municipalities. Data are distributed by gender, age groups, years and geographical areas. Norgeshelsa Statbank offers a total of 80 topics, about 20 topics is about social inequality in health. Data is obtained from central health registries, health surveys, Statistics Norway and several other sources, including the Directorate of Health, the University of Bergen and the Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration (NAV). In the statistics bank, data is facilitated with age standardisation so that comparisons can be made between years and geographical areas. Data can be downloaded as excel tables, and in new versions will also be able to be downloaded in other formats. Norgeshelsa Statbank is updated continuously. Kommunehelsa Statbank has fewer topics and is updated in January each year. The StatBank is linked to the preparation of public health profiles. You can find the full indicator list and metadata in the statistics banks.