Statistical presentation

Data description

The statistics contain information on hospital utilisation, consultations with physicians and purchases of prescription medicine among young people aged 16-24. The tables are stated in number and proportion of people, as well as average number of contacts with the hospital system and selected health professionals/redeemed prescriptions per person. Besides NEET status – i.e. whether the young people are active or not active (NEET) in the labour market and the education system – the tables also contain information on sex and geography.

In the two tables relating to hospital utilisation, it is possible to discriminate between different types of contacts (inpatient contacts, outpatient contacts, and accidents and emergencies) and primary diagnosis groups (e.g. infectious and parasitic diseases, malignant tumours, mental disorders etc.), while in the table relating to consultations with physicians, it is possible to discriminate between contacts with different types of health professionals (e.g. general practitioners, specialists, dentists etc.), and in the table relating to purchases of prescription medicine, it is possible to discriminate between different types of medicine (e.g. medicine for digestion and metabolism, medicine for the heart and circulation etc.).

Classification system

The statistics use the following groupings and classifications:

• NEET status groups young people according to whether they are active or inactive (NEET) in the labour market and the education system.
• Type of contact is grouped according to whether a hospital contact includes an inpatient contact, an outpatient contact, or an accident or emergency.
• Primary diagnosis is grouped according to whether the primary diagnosis in connection with a hospital contact includes one of the following primary diagnosis groups (with associated ICD-10 codes indicated in the following brackets): Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99), malignant tumours (C00-D09), benign tumours (D10-D48), endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90), diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs (D50-D89), mental disorders (F00-F99), diseases of the nervous system and sensory organs (G00-H95), diseases of the circulatory system (I00-I99), diseases of the respiratory system (J00-J99), diseases of the digestive system (K00-K93), diseases of the urinary and genital organs (N00-N95, N97-N99), pregnancy, childbirth, and the puerperium (O00-O99, N96), diseases of the skin and subcutaneous tissue (L00-L99), diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99), congenital malformations (Q00-Q99), conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96), symptoms, signs and ill-defined conditions (R00-R99, N994, Z00-Z13), trauma, poisoning, and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T98), preventive measures (Z20-Z99), cf. the Danish Health Authority's classification.
• Health professional is grouped according to whether a primary health care contact is aimed at a general practitioner, specialist, dentist/dental hygienist, chiropractor, physiotherapist, podiatrist, psychologist or other health professional.
• Type of medicine is grouped according to whether a redeemed prescription includes a medicine aimed at one of the following main anatomical groups: A: Alimentary tract and metabolism, B: Blood and blood forming organs, C: Cardiovascular system, D: Dermatologicals, G: Genito urinary system and sex hormones, H: Systemic hormonal preparations, J: Antiinfectives for systemic use, L: Antineoplastic and immunomodulating agents, M: Musculo-skeletal system, N: Nervous system, P: Antiparasitic products, insecticides and repellents, R: Respiratory system, S: Sensory organs, V: Various, cf. level 1 in the ATC system (Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System). A more detailed description of this can be found on the website of the Danish Health Data Authority.
• Geography is stated in regions and provinces, cf. the standard classification NUTS.
• Sex is stated in males and females.

Sector coverage

The statistics cover the health sector.

Statistical concepts and definitions

Young people not in employment, education or training (NEET): NEET is an acronym for Not in Employment, Education or Training and is an indicator that estimates the proportion of young people in a given age group who are neither in employment nor in education. The indicator is traditionally calculated as an annual average for every week in Eurostat and OECD, both of which use data from the international interview-based Labor Force Survey (LFS). In contrast to Eurostat and the OECD, Statistics Denmark calculates the indicator as a status ultimo November based on register data from the Labor market accounts. This means that Statistics Denmark's indicator covers all 16-24-year-olds in the Danish population, whereas Eurostat's and OECD's indicators are based on a sample of young people. Despite the widespread acceptance of the NEET indicator, there is no consensus on which specific age group the indicator refers to.

Statistical unit

The statistics are observed for persons.

Statistical population

The population includes all 16-24-year-old young people resident in Denmark.

Reference area

Denmark.

Time coverage

These statistics cover the time period from 2019 and onwards.

Base period

Not relevant for these statistics.

Unit of measure

The following units of measurement are used in the publication of the statistics:

• Contacts (number per person)
• Persons with contacts (number)
• Persons with contacts (percentage)
• Persons with primary diagnosis (number)
• Persons with primary diagnosis (percentage)
• Redeemed prescriptions (number per person)
• Persons with redeemed prescriptions (number)
• Persons with redeemed prescriptions (percentage)

Reference period

The population, including the persons' NEET status, sex and place of residence, is assessed on the last weekday in November. Information on the population's hospital utilisation, consultations with physicians and purchases of prescription medicine refers to the calendar year.

Frequency of dissemination

Yearly.

Legal acts and other agreements

Collection of the information takes place pursuant to the Act on Statistics Denmark, §6 and §8. There is no EU regulation for the statistics.

Cost and burden

These statistics are based on internal statistics. There is thus no direct response burden in relation to the compilation of these statistics.

Comment

Further information can be found at the subject page for these statistics or by contacting Statistics Denmark directly.