Table 1.

Published studies (n = 19) based on data from insured dogs or using insured dogs as a sampling frame in chronological order

Source	Year	Country1	Main focus/disease2
Bergsten et al. (1978) [18]	1975-1977	Sweden	Morbidity and mortality; general and by cause
Häggström et al. (1992) [55]	1980-1990	Sweden	Mortality and morbidity; myxomatous valve disease
Bonnett et al. (1997) [22]	1992, 1993	Sweden	Mortality; general and by cause
Egenvall et al. (2000) [23]	1995, 1996	Sweden	Morbidity and mortality; general
Egenvall et al. (2000) [24]	1996	Sweden	Morbidity; general, by cause
Egenvall et al. (2000c) [36]	1995, 1996	Sweden	Mortality; general
Egenvall et al. (2001) [56]	1995, 1996	Sweden	Morbidity; pyometra
Dobson et al. (2002) [31]	1997-1998	UK	Morbidity; neoplasia
Edwards et al. (2003) [32]	1997-1998	UK	Morbidity: lymphoma
Bonnett et al. (2005) [33]	1995-2000	Sweden	Mortality; general, by cause
Davison et al. (2005) [57]	Not stated	UK	Diabetes mellitus3
Egenvall et al. (2005) [58]	1995-2000	Sweden	Mortality; general, by cause
Egenvall et al. (2005) [34]	1995-2002	Sweden	Morbidity and mortality; mammary tumours
Bergström et al. (2006) [47]	1995-2002	Sweden	Morbidity; Caesarean section
Egenvall et al. (2006) [59]	1995-2002	Sweden	Mortality; heart disease
Nødtvedt et al. (2006) [60]	1995-2002	Sweden	Morbidity; atopic dermatitis
Nødtvedt et al. (2007) [43]	1995-2002	Sweden	Morbidity; atopic dermatitis, spatial distribution
Egenvall et al. (2007) [35]	1995-2002	Sweden	Morbidity and mortality; osteosarcoma
Fall et al. (2007) [61]	1995-2004	Sweden	Morbidity and mortality; diabetes mellitus

¹ Data from Swedish studies (n = 16) emanates from Agria insurance http://www.agria.se and data from UK (n = 3) from PetProtect http://www.petprotect.co.uk

² All included studies have included incidence measures

³ morbidity/mortality not stated