Comparability

Comparability - geographical

As far as is known, no similar international statistics exist.

Comparability over time

There have been no changes in the method of assessment or the data composition, so the time series is fully comparable during the period.

However, the Danish Health Data Authority has changed the data provider by 1 July 2022, but this should not change the counting of the number of medical capacities.

Coherence - cross domain

The statistics are part of a theme about differences between rural and urban areas.

Health differences between rural and urban areas are also highlighted in the statistics Overweight among children, which measure the proportion of overweight children by municipality groups, sex and age since 2012, and in the statistics Life expectancy for newborn babies, which measure the average life expectancy for newborn babies by municipality groups and sex since 2006-07.

Coherence - internal

The internal consistency of the statistics is ensured by first extracting the population statistics' information on the number of people in each municipality on 1 January in a given calendar year and linking this with the municipalities' number of medical capacities, which are identified from the Danish Health Data Authority's key figures for general practice on the same date.