Does Class Proportion of Students with Non-Western Origin in High Schools Affect Drinking Habits Among Ethnic Danish Students?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofie H Hoffmann ◽  
Veronica S C Pisinger ◽  
Marie Norredam ◽  
Janne S Tolstrup ◽  
Lau C Thygesen
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Binge Drinking ◽  
Civil Registration System ◽  
Registration System ◽  
Civil Registration ◽  
Drinking Habits ◽  
Majority Population ◽  
Youth Study ◽  
Danish Civil Registration System ◽  
Weekly Alcohol Consumption

Abstract Aim the objective was to test the hypothesis that a higher proportion of students with non-Western origin in high school classes is associated with lower and less frequent alcohol consumption among ethnic Danish students. Method data on country of origin was obtained from the Danish Civil Registration System, while information on drinking habits were derived from the Danish National Youth Study 2014. Multilevel zero-inflated binominal regression was used to assess the association between class proportion of students with non-Western origin and odds of non-drinking and mean weekly alcohol consumption, while multilevel logistic regression was used to assess the association with frequent binge drinking. Results a higher proportion of students with non-Western origin in class was associated with higher odds of non-drinking among ethnic Danish student in the same class. For example, ethnic Danish boys in classes with more than 15% of the students of non-Western origin had 77% higher odds of being non-drinkers, compared to ethnic Danish boys in classes where 0–5% had non-Western origin (OR: 1.77, 95% CI; 1.42–2.20). Among ethnic Danish students that did consume alcohol, class proportion of students with non-Western origin was not associated with weekly alcohol consumption, while a higher proportion of students with non-Western origin in class was associated with lower odds of frequent binge drinking. Conclusion the downward drinking trend among adolescents in Western countries may be partly explained by the higher proportion of youth with non-Western origin, influencing the prevalence of drinking and frequency of binge drinking among adolescents in the ethnic majority population.

The Danish Civil Registration System as a tool in epidemiology

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (8) ◽  
pp. 541-549 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morten Schmidt ◽  
Lars Pedersen ◽  
Henrik Toft Sørensen
Keyword(s):  
Civil Registration System ◽  
Registration System ◽  
Civil Registration ◽  
Danish Civil Registration System

The Danish unique personal identifier and the Danish Civil Registration System as a tool for research and quality improvement

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Mainz ◽  
Mikkel Hagen Hess ◽  
Søren Paaske Johnsen
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Quality Of Care ◽  
Research Quality ◽  
Civil Registration System ◽  
Registration System ◽  
Civil Registration ◽  
Personal Identifier ◽  
Danish Civil Registration System

Abstract All countries want to improve the health of their populations and to improve the quality of care and patient safety. Consequently, there is an ongoing need to assess and document population health, the quality of care and patient safety using valid and reliable data. This requires the ability to monitor the same individuals over time as they receive prevention, diagnostics, treatments, care and rehabilitation and experience improvements or deteriorations in their health or healthcare. This is, however, a challenge for most healthcare systems. A prerequisite to such data is the unique personal identifier. This perspective on quality paper describes the experience with the unique personal identifier in Denmark, based on the Danish Civil Registration System (DCRS) as a tool for research in epidemiology, health services research, quality improvement and patient safety. DCRS has been celebrating its 50 years anniversary.

No evidence of time trends in the urban–rural differences in schizophrenia risk among five million people born in Denmark from 1910 to 1986

2005 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
CARSTEN BØCKER PEDERSEN
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Time Trends ◽  
Age At Onset ◽  
Civil Registration System ◽  
Registration System ◽  
Civil Registration ◽  
Central Register ◽  
Urban Rural ◽  
Danish Civil Registration System ◽  
Over Time

Background. There have been conflicting reports on time trends in urban–rural differences in the incidence of schizophrenia. This study explored the potential time trends in these differences with regard to birth cohort and age at onset.Method. Linking data from the Danish Civil Registration system with data from the Danish Psychiatric Central Register, a cohort born in Denmark from 1910 to 1986 was established (5·05 million people). Overall, 23051 people were classified with schizophrenia in 1970–2001.Results. Urban–rural differences in schizophrenia risk may have existed for people born in Denmark since 1910, and have existed at a constant level for people born from 1945 to 1986. Males aged <20 years had a risk of 3·90 [95% confidence interval (CI) 3·28–4·65] associated with urban birth while males [ges ]20 years had a risk of 2·12 (1·98–2·27). Females <20 years had a risk of 2·49 (95% CI 2·01–3·09) associated with urban birth while females [ges ]20 years had a risk of 1·90 (95% CI 1·74–2·08). At age 46, 1·84% (95% CI 1·76–1·93) of males and 1·05% (95% CI 0·99–1·12) of females born in the capital area had developed schizophrenia, while 0·81% (95% CI 0·75–0·86) of males and 0·56% (95% CI 0·51–0·60) of females born in the rural area had developed schizophrenia.Conclusions. There was no evidence of time trends in the urban–rural differences in the incidence of schizophrenia in Denmark, suggesting that the cause(s) responsible for these differences were not related to exposures that became more prevalent in urban areas over time. This finding is in contrast to findings from Finland and The Netherlands.

Reproduction and the risk of multiple sclerosis

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (12) ◽  
pp. 1604-1609 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melinda Magyari ◽  
Nils Koch-Henriksen ◽  
Claudia C Pfleger ◽  
Per Soelberg Sørensen
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Parental Age ◽  
Civil Registration System ◽  
Registration System ◽  
Civil Registration ◽  
Clinical Onset ◽  
Danish Civil Registration System ◽  
Number Of Births

Background: The incidence of multiple sclerosis (MS) in Denmark has doubled in women since 1970, whereas it has been almost unchanged in men. Objectives: To investigate whether age at first childbirth and number of births have an effect on the risk of developing MS. Methods: The cohort consisted of 1403 patients with MS of both sexes, identified through the Danish Multiple Sclerosis Registry, with clinical onset between 2000 and 2004. For each case, 25 control persons were drawn by random from the Danish Civil Registration System matched by sex, year of birth, and residential municipality. Results: More female cases than controls had no childbirths or fewer births before clinical onset ( p=0.018) but only in the last five years preceding onset ( p<0.0001). Childbirths within five years before clinical onset reduced the risk of MS onset in women: OR=0.54 (95% CI 0.41–0.70, p<0.0001) for one child and OR=0.68 (95% CI 0.53–0.87, p=0.002) for more than one child. Parental age at first childbirth had no effect on the risk of MS. Conclusions: The data did not suggest reversed causality between childbirth and MS.

scholarly journals Application of verbal autopsy in routine civil registration in Lusaka District of Zambia

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Chabila Mapoma ◽  
Brian Munkombwe ◽  
Chomba Mwango ◽  
Bupe Bwalya Bwalya ◽  
Audrey Kalindi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Cause Of Death ◽  
Verbal Autopsy ◽  
Opportunistic Infections ◽  
Civil Registration System ◽  
Registration System ◽  
Civil Registration ◽  
Major Teaching Hospital ◽  
External Causes ◽  
Causes Of Deaths

Abstract Background Ascertaining the causes for deaths occurring outside health facilities is a significant problem in many developing countries where civil registration systems are not well developed or non-functional. Standardized and rigorous verbal autopsy methods is a potential solution to determine the cause of death. We conducted a demonstration project in Lusaka District of Zambia where verbal autopsy (VA) method was implemented in routine civil registration system. Methods About 3400 VA interviews were conducted for bodies “brought-in-dead” at Lusaka’s two major teaching hospital mortuaries using a SmartVA questionnaire between October 2017 and September 2018. Probable underlying causes of deaths using VA and cause-specific mortality fractions were determined.. Demographic characteristics were analyzed for each VA-ascertained cause of death. Results Opportunistic infections (OIs) associated with HIV/AIDS such as pneumonia and tuberculosis, and malaria were among leading causes of deaths among bodies “brought-in-dead”. Over 21.6 and 26.9% of deaths were attributable to external causes and non-communicable diseases (NCDs), respectively. The VA-ascertained causes of death varied by age-group and sex. External causes were more prevalent among males in middle ages (put an age range like 30–54 years old) and NCDs highly prevalent among those aged 55 years and older. Conclusions VA application in civil registration system can provide the much-needed cause of death information for non-facility deaths in countries with under-developed or non-functional civil registration systems.

scholarly journals Civil registration system (CRS) for birth and death registration in Assam – A rapid assessment

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-122
Author(s):  
Tushar Manohar Rane ◽  
Tulika Goswami Mahanta ◽  
Safikul Islam ◽  
Pranjal Pratim Gogoi ◽  
Bivash Gogoi
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Assessment ◽  
Death Registration ◽  
Civil Registration System ◽  
Registration System ◽  
Civil Registration

The finnish drinking habits during the 1990s

1997 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 154-166
Author(s):  
Leena Metso ◽  
Jussi Simpura
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Binge Drinking ◽  
Drinking Patterns ◽  
Drinking Habits ◽  
Eu Membership ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Economic Depression ◽  
Drinking Frequency ◽  
Basic Features ◽  
Administrative Structures

Three nationwide surveys from the years 1992, 1993, and 1996 were used to study whether basic features of Finnish drinking habits changed in the 1990s. Two factors that might have produced changes are the deep economic depression since 1991 and Finland's EU membership since 1995. The effects of the depression were visible in a decline in overall alcohol consumption after 1991, which recovered to the earlier level by 1996. The effects of EU membership involved, among many other things, certain administrative structures of the Finnish alcohol monopoly system. However, basic features of drinking patterns, like abstinence, drinking frequency, frequency of binge drinking, and the distribution of alcohol consumption, have remained untouched by those external changes. This can be taken as further evidence that drinking patterns typically change very slowly.

Employment, disability pension and income for children with parental multiple sclerosis

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (8) ◽  
pp. 1148-1156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Yoon Moberg ◽  
Bjarne Laursen ◽  
Nils Koch-Henriksen ◽  
Lau Caspar Thygesen ◽  
Anne Brødsgaard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Disability Pension ◽  
Adult Life ◽  
Offspring Cohort ◽  
Civil Registration System ◽  
Registration System ◽  
Civil Registration ◽  
Employment Disability ◽  
The Mean

Background: Little is known about the consequences of parental multiple sclerosis (MS) on offspring’s socioeconomic circumstances. Objective: To investigate employment, disability pension and income in offspring of parents with MS compared with matched reference persons in a nationwide register-based cohort study. Methods: All Danish-born persons with onset of MS during 1950–1986 were retrieved from the Danish Multiple Sclerosis Registry. Their offspring were identified using the Civil Registration System. One random offspring from each sibship was matched by sex and year of birth with eight random reference persons. Results: We included 2456 MS offspring and 19,648 reference persons. At age 30, employment was lower among MS offspring than reference children (odds ratio (OR): 0.89; 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.84–0.95; p = 0.0003), and they more often received disability pension (OR: 1.31; 95% CI: 1.15–1.50; p < 0.0001) at ages 30 and 40 but not at age 50. Although the mean income was not significantly lower for the MS offspring cohort, most of them attained an annual personal income below 250,000 DKK (Danish krone), that is, ~33,650 EUR (OR: 0.91; 95% CI: 0.84–0.99; p = 0.04). Conclusion: Having had a parent with MS may affect employment and increase the risk of disability pension and low income in adult life.

scholarly journals Strengthening Civil Registration System in AP, India: Lessons from a 4 Year Study

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jayaram Madala ◽  
Srikrishna Sulgodu Ramachandra
Keyword(s):  
Civil Registration System ◽  
Registration System ◽  
Civil Registration ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Inter State

Civil Registration System (CRS) in India has been in vogue for more than 100 years now. Even after 4 decades of the enactment of the Act, there are wide inter-state and intra-state variations.  Objectives 1.  To assess the district wise reporting and registrations of births and deaths in AP from 2007 - 2010. 2.    To make an urban vs. rural comparison of proportions of these registrations. 3. To identify factors influencing civil registration in AP and steps for strengthening CRS. The article discusses, determinants of civil registration in India & strategies for strengthening reporting & registrations.

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