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.