title: The Danish Injury Register.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Danish Injury Register was established in 1988 and is based on injury case records from four Danish hospitals (five hospitals until 2007).
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  In total, 1.76 million cases were recorded during 1990-2008. Data items include the place of the accident, mechanism of injury, involved products, type of sports, and description of the accident.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The register covers approximately 15% of the Danish population and is roughly representative for the whole Denmark in terms of age, sex, and social groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Danish Injury Register is a valuable source of information on injuries in Denmark, in particular product-related injuries and sports injuries. Further, the possibility to link to other registers increases the use of the data.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark. bjla@sdu.dk
authors.forename: Bjarne
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Laursen
authors.forename: Hanne
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Møller
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000328:Adult; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012042:Registries / Q000592:standards; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology