Cohort Profile: Healthy Finland Survey

Key Features The Healthy Finland Survey was set up to produce reliable and up-to-date information on population health, wellbeing and health, and social services.With a representative and large sample, and comprehensive range of topics, the survey provides unique opportunities for multidisciplinary public health and epidemiological research with continuously up-dated, register-based follow-up.The survey contributes to public health in various ways, including the development of good treatment practices and prevention programmes. Healthy Finland 2022-23 was a nationally representative survey of the adult population aged 20 years and older (28 153 respondents in the questionnaire part, response rate 46%; 5749 participants in the health examination part, participation rate 58%). Data were collected using questionnaires, health examinations, interviews and laboratory analyses, and complemented with extensive individual-level register linkages.The survey covered a wide range of topics such as longstanding illnesses, mental health, quality of life, functioning, work ability, lifestyles, environmental health, and risk factors for major health problems, as well as need and use of health and social services. The data can be used, in collaboration, for research and monitoring.