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In Statistics Bank Denmark the statistics are published in the tables under the subject Sickness benefits
Release calendar
The publication date appears in the release calendar. The date is confirmed in the weeks before.
Release calendar access
The Release Calendar can be accessed on our English website: Release Calendar.
User access
Statistics are always published at 08:00 a.m. on the date announced in the release calendar. No one outside Statistics Denmark has access to the statistics prior to publication.
News release
A 'NYT' concerning 2024 data was published on 27 May 2025. For the next years it is only planned to publish the yearly figures in the StatBank and not in a 'NYT'.
Publications
None
On-line database
The statistics are published in the StatBank under the subject Social Conditions - Persons below the state pension age on public benefits - Sickness benefits in the following table:
- SYGEDP01: Sickness benefits by municipality, sex, age, benefit recipient and unit
Micro-data access
The Sickness Benefits Statistics Register contains individual-level information for people who have applied for or received benefits from the unemployment benefit system. Micro-data is expected to be available from the end of 2026.
Other
Data are made available to Research Services and DST Consulting.
Confidentiality - policy
Data Confidentiality Policy for Statistics Denmark is applied.
Confidentiality - data treatment
Before data is published in the StatBank, a discretionary procedure is carried out to ensure that no cells with less than three are published or can be recalculated from subtotals.
Documentation on methodology
There are no separate methodological documents for these statistics.
Quality documentation
Documentation on quality management and quality assurance at Statistics Denmark is available in the form of common guidelines and manuals describing the principles and procedures for statistical production. These include descriptions of quality principles documentation requirements and standards for metadata. Relevant aspects are described in the other quality sections of this statistical documentation.