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. 2018 Oct 1;3(5):e000866. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2018-000866

Table 3.

Scope and potential sources of data required for chronic disease surveillance1

Determinants Preclinical Clinical Outcomes
Data examples Data examples Data examples Data examples
Genetics

  • Prevalence of breast cancer gene familial disease.

 Screening

  • Blood pressure.

  • Blood glucose.

  • Blood lipids.

 Diagnosis

  • Modes of diagnosis.

  • Time to diagnosis.

 Mortality

  • Cause-specific deaths.

  • Survival rates.
Risk behaviour

  • Smoking.

  • Dietary fat intake.

 Risk reduction

  • Smoking cessation.

  • Programme uptake.

  • Physical activity rates.

 Treatment and procedures

  • Surgery.

  • Systemic therapy.

  • Radiation.

  • Palliation.

 Morbidity

  • Complications.

  • Degree of disability.

  • Quality of life.
Environment

  • Occupational exposure.

Socioeconomic

  • Housing.

  • Income level.

  • Education.

 Service use

  • Hospitalisation.

  • Physician visits.

  • Home care.

  • Ambulatory care.

  • Palliative care.
Pharmaceutical

  • Drug use.

  • Complications and interactions.
Data sources Data sources Data sources Data sources

  • Surveys.

  • Census.

  • Workplace monitoring.

  • Screening databases.

  • Surveys.

  • Public health programme databases.

  • Primary care physicians.

  • Hospital databases.

  • Discharge abstract databases.

  • Registry data.

  • Vital statistics.

  • Coroner’s database.