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

Email: kontakt@sundhedsdata.dk    
Phone: +45 72216800

Alternate Contact

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References of Studies Using/Describing Database

1. Sejbaek CS, Madsen IEH, Flachs EM, Bonde JPE, Jensen JH, Mehlum IS, Rugulies R, Soegaard Toettenborg S, Hougaard KS, Begtrup LM. Psychosocial working conditions during pregnancy and adverse pregnancy outcomes: a Danish nationwide register-based cohort study. Occup Environ Med. 2025 Nov 2;82(9):429-436.

2. 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.

3. 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

4. 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.

5. 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.

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

7. 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.

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