Statistical processing

Source data

Data are collected from Statistics Denmark's population register, which is based on data from CPR (the civil registration system); MFR (the medical birth register) which is based on the national patients register and delivered by the health data agency; and adoption data from Ankestyrelsen (the appeals board)

Frequency of data collection

Yearly.

Data collection

Data is collected directly from administrative registers.

Data validation

Data from administrative sources are reviewed and validated.

Data compilation

Data from administrative sources are matched and validated, before simple summarization, grouping and calculation of averages.

Adjustment

Not relevant for these statistics.