Malta Health Interview Surveys — Health Status (2002–2019/2020)
How people in Malta rate their own health, long-standing conditions, pain, limitations and mental wellbeing.
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HealthDCAT-AP
Health data catalogue
332 datasets described with the full Annex A - Part C metadata element set of HealthDCAT-AP (release 7). Data is published by the Directorate for Health Information and Research and the Infectious Disease Prevention & Control Unit; this portal republishes their tables in machine-readable form.
All datasets in this catalogue are aggregated statistics. None contain personal data within the meaning of Article 4(1) GDPR, so no health data access body is required.
The 27 metadata elements used in this catalogue
- Access rights
- Describes the level of access applicable to the dataset (e.g. public, restricted or non-public).
- Applicable legislation
- Identifies Union legal acts or national legislation that specifically govern the establishment, maintenance or availability of the dataset, where such legal acts or legislation exists.
- Code values
- Identifies classification systems or controlled vocabularies reflected in the content of the dataset (e.g. disease classifications, procedure classifications), where applicable.
- Coding system
- Identifies standardised coding schemes used to encode data elements within the dataset (e.g. ICD-10-CM, SNOMED-CT, DRGs), where applicable.
- Contact point
- Provides contact details for enquiries related to the dataset.
- Conforms to
- Identifies a standard or technical specification that defines the structural or syntactic organisation of the dataset as a whole.
- Custodian
- Identifies the organisation responsible for holding, managing and maintaining the dataset over time (health data holder).
- Description
- Provides a free-text summary describing the content and purpose of the dataset.
- Distribution
- Provides a technical representation or format in which the dataset is made available for secondary use.
- Geographical coverage
- Indicates the geographic area to which the dataset relates (e.g. Member State, region or EU-wide), where applicable.
- Has personal data
- Indicates whether the dataset contains personal data within the meaning of Article 4, point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2016/679.
- Health data access body
- The competent health data access body responsible for facilitating access to the dataset under the European Health Data Space, where the dataset is subject to restricted or non-public access.
- Health category
- Identifies the categories of electronic health data contained in the dataset and listed in Article 51(1) of Regulation (EU) 2025/327.
- Health theme
- Indicates a high-level health topic or theme associated with the dataset (e.g. cardiovascular disease, cancer).
- Identifier
- Provides a unique and persistent identifier for the dataset (e.g. URI, DOI or catalogue identifier).
- Is structured
- Indicates whether the dataset is structured, meaning that it is organised according to a predefined schema or model that defines its variables, attributes or fields.
- Keyword
- Provides keywords or tags describing the dataset and supporting search and discovery.
- Language
- Indicates the language or languages in which the dataset content is expressed.
- Number of records
- Indicates the total number of records contained in the dataset, where applicable.
- Number of unique individuals
- Provides an estimated number of unique natural persons represented in the dataset, where the dataset contains personal data and where applicable.
- Provenance
- Describes the origin, source or creation process of the dataset.
- Publisher
- Indicates the entity making the dataset available, which may differ from the creator or custodian.
- Temporal coverage
- Indicates the time period covered by the dataset (e.g. years of data collection), where temporal information exists.
- Title
- Provides the official name or title of the dataset.
- Type
- Indicates the general category or nature of the dataset (e.g. registry, administrative dataset, research dataset, synthetic dataset).
- Variables
- A structured description of the variables contained in the dataset, including, where applicable, the variable name, definition, data type, coding system or value domain.
- Was generated by
- Identifies the activity or process through which the dataset was generated (e.g. registry, clinical study, administrative process).
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Malta Health Interview Surveys — Health Care Use (2002–2019/2020)
Use of hospital, specialist, GP, dental and preventive services, medication and unmet needs.
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Malta Health Interview Surveys — Health Determinants (2002–2019/2020)
Body mass index, physical activity, nutrition, smoking, alcohol, social support and environment.
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Annual Report 2024 Deaths
There were 2144 male and 2037 female resident deaths in 2024, an increase in the number of deaths in both genders from the previous year. The commonest cause of death was ischaemic heart disease in both genders combined and in males separately. However, for the first time, dementia was the commonest cause of death in females. External cau
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Birth weight
Definition - Number of births within each 500g weight interval expressed as a proportion of all live and stillbirths calculated by gestational age and vital status at birth for singletons and multiples Births with unknown (non-stated) plurality or gestational age were excluded from tables.
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Births and Deliveries in Malta
The birth of a baby is a major life event and every country aims to offer the best for both mothers All births occurring on the Maltese Islands have been recorded for medical birth data at the National
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Fetal Mortality
Definition: The number of fetal deaths at or after 22 completed weeks of gestation in a given year per 1000 live and stillbirths (total births) in the same year calculated by gestational age, Blanks and unknowns are included with 1000g plus and 28 wks plus
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Gestation
Definition: Number of live births and fetal deaths at each completed week of gestation (starting from 22 weeks) expressed as a proportion of all live and stillbirths for singletons
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Highlights of the European Perinatal Health Report 2015 – Malta Perspective – Summary and League tables
Promoting healthy pregnancy and safe childbirth is important for all countries in Europe. While perinatal and maternal mortality have continued to decline over the past decades, the burden of
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Maternal Age
Definition: Distribution of age in years at delivery for women delivering a live or stillbirth.
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Maternal Mortality
Definition: The number of maternal deaths (the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42days of the termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy,
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Maternal Parity
Definition: Parity is the number of times that she has given birth to a infant or fetus with a gestational age of 22 weeks or more, regardless
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Maternal age at delivery and trends in young teenage mothers
Both younger and older maternal ages are associated with increased adverse outcomes including preterm birth, intrauterine growth restriction and perinatal mortality . Over the past 10 years,<sup1</sup
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Mode of Delivery
Definition: For a population of women and year: the number of births associated with each of the following modes: Vaginal, spontaneous / Vaginal: instrumental forceps, ventouse / Caesarean (CS) : before or at onset of labour(elective) / Caesarean: during labour (emergency), Computed by parity, previous caesarean section, plurality and ges
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Multiple Births
Definition: Multiple birth refers to the number of fetuses/infants born from that pregnancy
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Neonatal Mortality
Definition: The number of neonatal deaths (day 0 through 27) after live birth in a given year per 1000 live births in the same year calculated by gestational age, birth weight and plurality. This rate is presented for all births at or after 22 completed weeks of gestation. This rate is sub-divided by timing of death into early neonatal de
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Trends in Obstetrics 2001 – 2010
National Obstetric National Obstetric National Obstetric National Obstetric Information System Information System Information System Information System
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WEB_ AUDIT OF DATA INPUT OF NOIS PUBLISHED 2007
This audit was carried out from June to September 2006, using the National Obstetric Information System (NOIS) data sheets (Annex One) collected and registered in the
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All Cancer Regional Analysis
The Department of Health Information and Research has a unique reporting role as regards the health of the Maltese population. One means of assessing our population health is by
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All cancers
Tables extracted from the Cancers publication "All cancers" issued by Directorate for Health Information and Research.
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