title: The National Diabetes Register.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A National Diabetes Register was established in the National Board of Health in 2006 following a pilot study showing the feasibility of doing so based on existing registers.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  The register contains data of birth, date of inclusion, and date of death as well as information on the criteria met for inclusion.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The register is more than 90% complete when compared to records of general practitioners, and it covers the entire Danish population.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The register is a source of demographic information for the diabetes population in itself, but also a source of linkable information for studies of diabetes as outcome and as determinant.
authors.affiliation: Steno Diabetes Center, Gentofte, Denmark. bxc@steno.dk
authors.forename: Bendix
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Carstensen
authors.forename: Jette Kolding
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Kristensen
authors.forename: Morten Munk
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Marcussen
authors.forename: Knut
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Borch-Johnsen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012042:Registries