Nov 18, 2024: Just added - Abortion Registry profile from Denmark!

Established in 1973, the Danish National Abortion Registry contains information on legally induced abortions carried out after 1 October 1973. Among the information in the register are data on legal authority, complications, and the nature of the intervention, including whether it is a surgical or medical abortion. In addition, the register contains certain information about the woman.

Danish National Abortion Registry (Denmark)

Database Contact Data

Frederik Søgaard
Adviser
Classifications & Data Collection
Sundhedsdatastyrelsen
Ørestads Boulevard 5
2300 København S
DENMARK
Email: fres@sundhedsdata.dk    
Phone: +45 21 79 16 04

Alternate Contact

If you have data-related questions for the Abortion Register, you can contact the LPR team.
Email: LPRdata@sundhedsdata.dk

References of Studies Using/Describing Database

1. Lidegaard Ø, Zernichow Borberg HV, Rasmussen SC, Mikkelsen AP. Lifetime Induced Abortions and Live Births: A 40-Year Historical Cohort Study. J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2024 Sep;46(9):102612.

2. Luise Mølenberg Begtrup, Jens Peter Ellekilde Bonde, Esben Meulengracht Flachs, Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum, Charlotte Brauer, Marie Pedersen, Sandra Søgaard Tøttenborg, Karin Sørig Hougaard, Camilla Sandal Sejbaek, Cohort Profile: DOC*X-Generation—a nationwide Danish pregnancy cohort with OCcupational eXposure data, International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 53, Issue 4, August 2024, dyae090, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyae090

3. Skjeldestad FE, Gissler M, Geirsson RT, Heino A, Sigbjörnsdottir HB, Akerkar R, Gemzell-Danielsson K, Heikinheimo O, Løkeland M. Trends over 50 years with liberal abortion laws in the Nordic countries. PLoS One. 2024 Jul 10;19(7):e0305701.

4. Broe A, Damkier P, Pottegård A, Hallas J, Bliddal M. Congenital Malformations in Denmark: Considerations for the Use of Danish Health Care Registries. Clin Epidemiol. 2020 Dec 15;12:1371-1380.

5. Tølbøll Blenstrup L, Knudsen LB. Danish registers on aspects of reproduction. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. 2011;39(7_suppl):79-82.

6. Krebs L, Johansen AM, Helweg-Larsen K. Indberetning af provokerede aborter i 1994. En sammenligning mellem data i Registeret over Legalt Provokerede Aborter og Landspatientregistere] [Reporting of induced abortions in 1994. A comparison between the data in the Registry of Legally Induced Abortions and the National Patient Registry]. Ugeskr Laeger. 1997 Mar 10;159(11):1607-11. Danish. 

For more publications, please contact the database manager.

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