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Medical Birth Registry of Norway

Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH)

HDB-0438

The Medical Birth Registry of Norway (MBRN) was established in 1967 and registers all births in Norway, collecting data on pregnancies, births, maternal and child health, and congenital abnormalities. Researchers can apply for access to individual-level data through helsedata.no.

Category

Open dataset

Access

By application

Region

Nordic — Norway

Coverage

Norway, approximately 60,000 births annually, population-based coverage

Data types

birth records, pregnancy complications, maternal diagnoses, birth interventions, neonatal outcomes

maternal health birth outcomes congenital abnormalities perinatal

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Record HDB-0438 · last verified 2026-08-23 · listed in Open datasets

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