
Citation Recommendation
Recommended citation when using data from www.gbe-bund.de
Citation of text, figure or table (e.g. from a health report)
Recommended reference:
Author or Ed. (year of publication). Title. (if applicable, series, issue number). Title of the figure or table. Place of publication. if applicable: primary source: data holder and data source. Federal Health Reporting (GBE). Available at: https://www.gbe-bund.de. (if applicable: search path). (Accessed: date of retrieval)
Example:
Robert Koch Institute (2006). HIV and AIDS. Federal Health Reporting, Booklet 31, Figure 8: Evolution of cases of death due to HIV. Berlin. Primary source: Federal Statistical Office, Causes of Death Statistics. Federal Health Reporting (GBE). Available at: https://www.gbe-bund.de. (Keyword search: HIV; document type: texts). (Accessed: 2025-06-18)
Citation of individual values from a figure or table
Recommended reference:
Author or Ed. (year of access). Title of the figure or table. if applicable: primary source: data holder and data source. Federal Health Reporting (GBE). Available at: https://www.gbe-bund.de. (if applicable: search path). (Accessed: date of retrieval)
Example:
Federal Statistical Office (2025). Age of death (from 1998). Federal Health Reporting (GBE). Available at: https://www.gbe-bund.de. (Accessed: 2025-06-18)
Advice for data backup when using ad hoc tables
Download the table and save it. Make a note of the search path.
Note
Providing the complete URL is not recommended, as it does not reliably enable access at a later point in time - especially for ad hoc tables.