Conducting national burden of disease studies in small countries in Europe– a feasible challenge?

Table 1 Comparative summary of the different disease-specific registers available in the different small European member states

Morbidity registry	Cyprus	Iceland	Luxembourg	Malta	Montenegro
Cancer	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
HIV/AIDS	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Communicable diseases	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Diabetes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
Cardiovascular disease	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
Nosocomial infections	No	No	Yes	No	No
Perinatal health	No	No	Yes	No	No
Rare diseases	No	No	No	Yes	No
Cerebral palsy	No	No	No	Yes	No
Birth defects	No	No	No	Yes	No
Dementia	No	No	No	Yes	No
Hospital discharge/statistics	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Prescription medicines	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Drug and drugs addiction	No	No	Yes	No	YEs
Trauma and accident	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Vaccination	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Transplants	No	No	No	Yes	No

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