title: Incidence, morbidity, mortality, and prevalence of diabetes in Denmark, 2000-2011: results from the Diabetes Impact Study 2013.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  As part of the Danish Diabetes Impact Study 2013, we present trends in the incidence, morbidity, mortality, and prevalence of diabetes in Denmark for the period 2000 through 2011.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Danish National Diabetes Register was established in 2006 and is assumed to cover all patients with diabetes, alive as of the end of 1996, and all subsequent new cases. The present study is based on the content of the register as of July 3, 2013 (n=497,232 patients). Using the personal identification code assigned to all Danish inhabitants, all available supplementary information from the Danish National Patient Register and the Danish Civil Registration Service was used to define the date of diagnosis of diabetes and the first date of experiencing complications (grouped according to impact and severity).
  
  
  RESULTS
  During the period of 2000 to 2011, the incidence rate of diabetes increased approximately 5% annually. During the same period, decreasing trends were observed for both the rates of progression in complications and of the complication-specific mortality. During the same period, the prevalence of diabetes doubled.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The increasing prevalence of diabetes in Denmark is driven by increasing incidence combined with decreasing morbidity and mortality in the population of patients with diabetes. These mechanisms will be explored further as part of the Diabetes Impact Study 2013, together with investigations into the socioeconomic and health economic aspects of diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Applied Economics and Health Research (ApEHR), Copenhagen, Denmark ; OPEN, Odense Patient data Explorative Network, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark ; OPEN, Odense Patient data Explorative Network, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
authors.forename: Anders
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Green
authors.affiliation: Institute of Applied Economics and Health Research (ApEHR), Copenhagen, Denmark ; Department of Business and Economics, Centre of Health Economics Research (COHERE), University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
authors.forename: Camilla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sortsø
authors.affiliation: OPEN, Odense Patient data Explorative Network, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark ; OPEN, Odense Patient data Explorative Network, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
authors.forename: Peter Bjødstrup
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.affiliation: Institute of Applied Economics and Health Research (ApEHR), Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Martha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Emneus
keywords: complications; diabetes; morbidity; registries