OSH Monitoring Systems

DENMARK REGISTER OF ACCIDENTS & DISEASES

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Register of Occupational Diseases (Registret for arbejdsbetingede lidelser)

Data collected

Electronic registry from 1995, case by case database.
Data on a large number of diagnoses.
Covers all employees.

Target group/source

Denmark, labour market.

Internet link/publication/contact

http://www.arbejdstilsynet.dk/services/exec/mask.exe?mask=framecont.msk&FILEPATH=overblik/tal_om_arbejdsmiljoe/index.html&AREAPATH=tal

The Functions of the Danish Registry on Occupational Injuries, Copenhagen 1991

Short description

Owner:

National Working Environment Authority (Arbejdstilsynet)

Who pays:

National Working Environment Authority

Aim:

The purpose of the register is to create a basis to identify the causes of occupational diseases with a view to establishing preventive measures.

Content:

A case-by-case database. It covers a large number diagnoses. Each diagnosis can be compared with industry occupation, employer, exposures, work process, age, sex. Around 18.000 occupational diseases are reported to the register every year of which 15.000 are new cases. Basic results are published in a yearly report; specific studies are performed on demand. Data has been collected since 1983.

Users:

The users are parties to the labour market, occupational safety and health councils, the central and regional offices of the National Working Environment Authority

Evaluation:

Validity is questionable, coverage is variable (and less than the coverage of occupational accidents), nomenclature variable. More than 90% of the registered diseases are reported by physicians