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Physical impairments among adults in Denmark: a register-based study | BMC Public Health

Knowledge of the prevalence and socio-demographic characteristics of physical impairments is limited. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of physical impairments among adults in Denmark, both in total and according to nine common diagnostic subgroups, describe the socio-demographic and socio-economic profile, and compare the data with those of the general adult population. This descriptive, cross-sectional, register-based study evaluated the general socio-demographic and socio-economic variables, including sex, age, geographical region, origin, educational level, occupation, marital status, and disability level, of adults with physical impairments extracted by diagnosis from the Danish National Patient Register and Statistics Denmark by 31 December 2018. These data were compared with those of the general adult population in Denmark extracted from Statistics Denmark by January 2019. In total, 606,857 adults with physical impairments were identified. Of the nine selected diagnos ....

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