The Danish Cerebral Palsy Register / Det Danske Cerebral Parese Register

Year CP register established: 1950
Year 1st birth cohort registered: 1950
Geographic area covered: Denmark (100% from 1995 excl. Faroe Island and Greenland; eastern Denmark 1950-1994)
Adverse health event or disability registered: Cerebral palsy
Population in the area: 5,400,000 inhabitants (2015)
Number of cases / year: 130
Number of live births / year: 64,000
Principal data sources: The National Hospitalisation Register

Administrative information

Address of the register:
National Institute of Public Health (SIF), University of Southern Denmark, Oster farimagsgade 5A, 1399 Cph, Denmark
Name, speciality of the scientific professional in charge:
Gija Rackauskaite, Consultant paediatrician, Aarhus University Hospital
gijarack@rm.dk
and
Bjarne Laursen, Senior researcher and Data Manager, University of Southern Denmark
bla@si-folkesundhed.dk
SCPE center code: C12
Related links: Det Danske Cerebral Parese Register
(only available in Danish).

Last update: April 2019