Table 4.

SAGhE study: sources of follow-up information on vital status

Country	Source
Belgium	National population registry that also records deaths, emigrations and other exits
France	National civil status registry (RNIPP) and national health insurance registry (RNIAM)
No information on emigrations, but deaths abroad can be reported back to the French civil register
Germany	Municipal registries and health authority registries for each region that record deaths, emigrations and other exits
Italy	Deaths by linkage to national mortality database
The
Netherlands	National database that records current and previous addresses, deaths, emigrations and other exits
Sweden	National population register that records deaths, emigrations and other exits
Switzerland	Questionnaire responses, where obtained; failing that, municipal registers that record deaths, emigrations and other exits; failing that, last clinic visit
UK	National Health Service (NHS) Register that records deaths, emigrations and other exits