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Purpose and history
The purpose of the statistics is to analyse and enlight the size, composition and movements of the population in Denmark. The purpose is to contribute information about the population for planning in relation to the state , the regions, the municipalities or for private users/firms.

Description of Contents
The various statistics are based on the resident population in Denmark. The permanent address concept, which is used in the populations statistics, is the same as that used by the local register (the permanent address is defined as the place where you with some regularity sleep, when you are not abroad because of holidays, business trips, or the place where you have your belongings.)

The populations statistics include statistics about births, deaths, marriages, divorces, surviving spouses, registrated partnerships, relocations, emi-/immigrations, naturalizations and adoptions.


The guidance enumerates furthermore the line of direction concerning the decision in case of doubt, for instance persons who have more than one residence, military service, prisoners, sailors, relocations from abroad and persons who take up residence in another place because of working conditions.



Births
The statistics of live born include live-born children born in Denmark by mothers resident in Denmark, whether the birth takes place in Denmark or abroad.

A live-born child is defined as a child, who is born and who shows significant signs on life, for example breathing, screaming or crying.

The basis for compiling the statistics is Statistics Denmark's populationsregister, which again is based on information drawn from the Central Population Register (CPR) about live-born children.


Deaths
The statistics of deaths include persons who die in Denmark and who are resident in Denmark, whether the death take place in Denmark or abroad.

CPR receive information from the local register about the persons with residence in Denmark who die abroad. Information about cause of death is not available for the persons who die abroad.

The basis for compiling the statistics is Statistics Denmark's populationsregister, which again is based on information drawn from the Central Population Register (CPR) about death.


Marriage
The marriage statistics concern the number of marriages as well as the number of persons married (respectively men and woman).

By calculation the following definition is used:
The number of marriages in Denmark comprises marriages which satisfy the condition that at least one of the two spouses is resident in Denmark. The number of persons married comprises male or female, Danish residents who marry.

The basis for compiling the statistics is Statistics Denmark's populationsregister, which again is based on information drawn from the Central Population Register (CPR) about each married person with residence in Denmark.



Dissolution of marriage.
The divorce statistics concern the number of divorces as well as the number of persons divorced.

By calculation the following definition is used:
The number of divorced in Denmark comprises divorces which satisfy the condition that at least one of the two spouses is resident in Denmark. The number of persons divorced comprises male or female Danish residents who have a divorce.

The basis for compiling the statistics is Statistics Denmark's populationsregister, which again is based on information drawn from the Central Population Register (CPR) about each divorced person with residence in Denmark.

The statistics on persons becoming widow and widowers comprise persons who are widowed because of the death of the spouse, and who have residence in Denmark. People who are married but live apart because of separation are included in the statistics as married.

The basis for compiling the statistics is Statistics Denmark's populationsregister, which again is based on information drawn from the Central Population Register (CPR)



Registered partnershhip.
The law about registered partnership took effect the 1 of October 1989. The law gave the opportunity for two persons of the same sex who have entered into a registered partnership, with the result that they are placed on the same legal footing as a married couple. Only Adoption does not apply to registered partnerships.

In the table, where the population is broken down on marital status, the 3 types of marital status, registered partnership, repealed partnership and the survivor of two partners are not shown as individual status. Instead they are included in the status which is in force for those married, divorced or widowed.

The statistics are based on the same sources which apply to marriage.



Relocations.
The statistics over internal relocations included all persons, who move to a new residence.

All internal relocations which occurred in the quarter/year are included, that means the statistics are based on occurrences. It thus follows that a person who relocate several times in the quarter/year will appear several times in the statistics of removals.

The basis for compiling the statistics about relocations is Statistics Denmark's populationsregister, which again is based on information drawn from the Central Population Register (CPR) about changes in residence.



Migration
External immigration includes Nordic citizens who achieve permanent address in Denmark and non-nordic citizens who are granted a residence permit for more than 3 months or work permit.Moreover, removals from the Faroe Islands and Greenland are not included.

External emigration includes persons who go abroad and give up their permanent address in Denmark. Moreover removals to the Faroe Islands and Greenland are included.

Persons, who migrate, have to inform the local register in the municipality where they have residence. From here it is sent to the CPR.

When a missing person appears, the local register has to report the person to CPR as reappeared instead of imigrated.

From the year 1976 disappeared and reappeared persons with foreign citizenship contained in the statistics over emi-/ and immigrated persons are respectivily.

The background for that is that Statistics Denmark assumed that foreigners, who had disappeared often appears to have left the country and, correspondingly that reappeared foreigners appear as immigrated again.

The basis for compiling the statistics about migrations is Statistics Denmark's populationsregister, which again is based on information drawn from the Central Population Register (CPR) about external migrations.



Naturalizations
Naturalizations should be understood as every form of acquiring Danish citizenship.

Naturalization takes place by law. It is necessary to ask for naturalization, it depends on the judgement in each single case whether or not it is greanted. In practice the conditions are set up according to the legal period of stay in the country for the person. Normally the stay has to be for a period of 7 years. For foreigners from the Nordic countries the period of the stay is only 2 years and 4 years for an applicant who has been married with a danish citizen for an least 3 years.

Acquiring Danish citizenship can take place in other ways, for instance by declaration or adoption. For further information refer to the law of citizenship.




Adoptions.
Estimation over adoptions includes children - Danish as well as foreign children, who have been adopted by permission given by the Danish authorities. Adoptions can be family or non-family adoptions. Famiiy adoptions are adoptions where one of the parents adopt the child of the other parent and non-family adoption are adoptions wwhere for instance, the non biological parent doesn't know the parent who adopts (anonymous adoption - and adoption where a family relation excist between the adoptants and adopted).

According to the law of adoption permission to adopt is only given to persons, who are at least 25 years. When there are special reasons, it is possible to give permission to person who is at least 18 years.

The basis for compiling the statistics over adoptions is Statistics Denmark's populationsregister, which again is based on information drawn from the Central Population Register (CPR), which, by the local register, has received reports from the permitting authorities which is to say the councils (in Copenhagen "Overpræsidiet" ).

Statistical Concepts
Abortion, legal
Induced abortion, permitted by Danish law.

Abortion, spontaneous
Foetus delivered before the 29th week of pregnancy, without evidence of life (breathing etc.)

Abortion rate,
age-specific
Annual number of legal abortions performed on women in a specified age group, per 1,000 women in the age group.

Abortion rate, general
Annual number of legal abortions per 1,000 women of reproductive age (15-49 years old).

Abortion rate, total
Number of legal abortions that would be performed on 1,000 women during the reproductive period of their lives (ages 15 through 49), if all 1,000 women lived to be 50 years old, and if at each age they experienced the given year's age-specific abortion rates.

Adults
Comprise persons who are 18 years. However, persons under 18 years are regarded as adults, if they have children living at home, or if they have been or are married, or form part of a couple living in consensual union.

Asylum application
An application for permit of residence in pursuance of the sections relating to refugees under the Danish Aliens Act.

Birth
Live birth or stillbirth.

Birth rate, crude
Annual number of live births per 1,000 population.

Descendant
A descendant is defined as a person born in Denmark whose parents (or one of them if there is no available information on the other parent) are either immigrants or descendants with foreign citizenship. If there is no available information on either of the parents and the person in question is a foreign citizen, the person is also defined as a descendant.

Fertility rate, age-specific
Annual number of live births to women in a specified age group, per 1,000 women in the age group.

Fertility rate, general
Annual number of live births per 1,000 women of reproductive age (15-49 years old).

Fertility rate, total
Number of children that would be born alive to 1,000 women during the reproductive period of their lives (ages 15 through 49), if all 1,000 women lived to be 50 years old, and if at each age they experienced the given year's age-specific fertility rates.

First marriage rate
Frequency of marriage (per 10,000) among the never-married population, from one birthday to the next.


Immigrant
An immigrant is defined as a person born abroad whose parents are both (or one of them if there is no available information on the other parent) foreign citizens or were both born abroad. If there is no available information on either of the parents and the person was born abroad, the person is also defined as an immigrant.

Life expectancy
Average further number of years that a person of a specified age can expect to live, assuming that the age-specific mortality levels remain constant (i.e. the rates observed for the period under review). Also termed: (average) expectation of life.

Live birth
Delivery of live-born child, i.e. a child showing evidence of life (breathing etc.) irrespective of the duration of pregnancy.

Live-birth order
Numerical order (first, second, third, etc.) of a live-born child in relation to all the previous live-born children of the mother.

Married couple
A couple who is married to each other and living at the same address.

Mean population
Average number of persons in a population (or sub-population) during a period of time. Previously, this was calculated as half the sum of the populations at the beginning and end of the period. From and including 1989 it has been taken to be the population at the 1st of July for Denmark and Greenland.

Mortality frequency
Indicates (in 100,000s) the frequency of mortalityy over a year, from one birthday to the next.

Mortality rate
The annual number of deaths in relation to the annual average number of persons in the population group concerned per 1,000 or per 100,000 population.

Mortality rate, infant
Deaths of live-born children under one year old per 1,000 live births.

Mortality rate, neonatal
Deaths of live-born children under 28 days old per 1,000 live births.

Mortality rate, perinatal
Stillbirths + deaths of live-born children under one week old, per 1,000 births (live births + stillbirths).

Mortality rate,
post-neonatal
Deaths of children aged between 28 days and one year per 1,000 live births.


Natural increase
(of population)
Excess of live births over deaths.


Naturalisation
The granting of Danish citizenship to a person of foreign nationality.
Registered partnerships
Two persons of the same sex who have entered into a registered partnership, with the result that they are placed on the same legal footing as a married couple. Only the Adoption Act does not apply to registered partnerships.

Population forecast
A forecast is a prediction of the future size and composition of the population, subjected to a number of assumptions concerning the future developments in fertility, mortality and net immigration.

Refugee
A person who has been granted a permit of residence as refugee or for humanitarian reasons.

Reproduction rate, gross
Number of daughters that would be born alive to 1,000 women during the reproductive period of their lives (ages 15 through 49), if the 1,000 women lived to be 50 years old, and if at each age they experienced the given year's age-specific fertility rates.

Reproduction rate, net
Number of daughters that would be born alive to 1,000 women during the reproductive period of their lives (ages 15 through 49), if the 1,000 women were annually reduced in number from age 0 according to the given year's age-specific mortality levels, and if at each age they experienced the given year's age-specific fertility rates.

Residence
Place where a person usually sleeps (except when away owing to vacation, illness or similar) and has his/her furniture etc.

Stillbirth
Foetus delivered after the 28th week of pregnancy, without evidence of life (breathing etc.)

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Last updated:	11 November 2009
Scheduled releases:	10 February 2010 for the period 1 January 2010

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