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[The prevalence of diabetes in Denmark. Development of a method for a registry-based assessment]
Thomas B Drivsholm1, Kirsten Frederiksen, Niels de Fine Olivarius
1Central Forskningsenhed for Almen Praksis, Panum Instituttet, Københavns Universitet, DK-2200 København N. td@gpract.ku.dk
Introduction:
The prevalence of diabetes in Denmark is unknown. The purpose of the present article was to describe the possibilities of developing a method to identify individuals with diagnosed diabetes in Denmark on the basis of existing national registers.
Material And Methods:
Record linkage of data from The Danish National Hospital Register, The Danish National Health Service Register and The Register of Medicinal Product Statistics.
Results:
A minimum of 130,000 individuals in Denmark are estimated to have diabetes as on December 31, 1999.
Discussion:
The possibility of developing a monitoring programme from existing data in registers seems to be present. If a validated monitoring programme is developed, this can not only be used to estimate the prevalence of diabetes, but also for a continuous monitoring of diabetes-related services.