TY - JOUR

T1 - The Danish National Child Health Register

AU - Andersen, Mikkel Porsborg

AU - Wiingreen, Rikke

AU - Eroglu, Talip E.

AU - Christensen, Helle Collatz

AU - Polcwiartek, Laura Bech

AU - Blomberg, Stig Nikolaj Fasmer

AU - Kragholm, Kristian

AU - Torp-Pedersen, Christian

AU - Sørensen, Kathrine Kold

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023 Andersen et al.

PY - 2023

Y1 - 2023

N2 - Aim of the Database: The aim of the National Child Health Registry is to provide comprehensive insight into children’s health and growth on a national scale by continuously monitoring the health status of Danish children. Through this effort, the registry assists the health authorities in prioritizing preventive efforts to promote better child health outcomes. Study Population: The registry includes all Danish children, however, incomplete coverage persists. Main Variables: The National Child Health Registry contains information on exposure to secondhand smoking, breastfeeding duration, and anthropometric measurements through childhood. The information in the registry is divided into three datasets: Smoking, Breastfeeding, and Measurements. Beside specific information on the three topics, all datasets include information on CPR-number, date of birth, sex, municipality, and region of residence. Database Status: The National Child Health Registry was established in 2009 and contains health information on children from all Danish municipalities, collected through routinely performed health examinations conducted by general practitioners and health nurses. Conclusion: The National Child Health Register is an asset to epidemiological and health research with nationwide information on children’s health and growth in Denmark. Due to the unique Danish Civil Registration System, it is possible to link data from the National Child Health Register to information from several other national health and social registers which enables longitudinal unambiguous follow-up.

AB - Aim of the Database: The aim of the National Child Health Registry is to provide comprehensive insight into children’s health and growth on a national scale by continuously monitoring the health status of Danish children. Through this effort, the registry assists the health authorities in prioritizing preventive efforts to promote better child health outcomes. Study Population: The registry includes all Danish children, however, incomplete coverage persists. Main Variables: The National Child Health Registry contains information on exposure to secondhand smoking, breastfeeding duration, and anthropometric measurements through childhood. The information in the registry is divided into three datasets: Smoking, Breastfeeding, and Measurements. Beside specific information on the three topics, all datasets include information on CPR-number, date of birth, sex, municipality, and region of residence. Database Status: The National Child Health Registry was established in 2009 and contains health information on children from all Danish municipalities, collected through routinely performed health examinations conducted by general practitioners and health nurses. Conclusion: The National Child Health Register is an asset to epidemiological and health research with nationwide information on children’s health and growth in Denmark. Due to the unique Danish Civil Registration System, it is possible to link data from the National Child Health Register to information from several other national health and social registers which enables longitudinal unambiguous follow-up.

KW - child health

KW - children‘s database

KW - Danish register

KW - epidemiology

KW - register-based research

U2 - 10.2147/CLEP.S423587

DO - 10.2147/CLEP.S423587

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 38025840

AN - SCOPUS:85176938282

VL - 15

SP - 1087

EP - 1094

JO - Clinical Epidemiology

JF - Clinical Epidemiology

SN - 1179-1349

ER -