Table 1.

Distribution of the number of people born in Denmark 1956–1983 according to place of residence and the distance to nearest major road at the 15th birthday

Geographical distance to nearest major road at 15th birthday	Degree of urbanization at place of residence at 15th birthday
	Capital		Capital suburb		Provincial city		Provincial town		Rural area		Total
	No of People	Col. percent	No of People	Col. percent	No of People	Col. percent	No of People	Col. percent	No of People	Col. percent	No of People	Col. percent
0–50 m	11172	8.5	13182	4.8	18793	9.8	53329	10.1	101323	14.2	197799	10.7
50–100 m	8382	6.3	19462	7.1	20243	10.5	46135	8.8	50186	7.0	144408	7.8
100–250 m	27149	20.5	5785	21.0	51980	27.1	129274	24.5	133021	18.6	399276	21.7
250–500 m	40279	30.5	72864	26.4	52090	27.2	136636	25.9	133417	18.6	435286	23.6
500–1000 m	36166	27.4	7879	28.6	34057	17.8	99887	18.9	120778	16.9	369686	20.1
1000–2000 m	8624	6.5	30059	10.9	11001	5.7	42786	8.1	101972	14.3	194442	10.6
>2000 m	379	0.3	3284	1.2	3669	1.9	19284	3.7	74375	10.4	100991	5.5
Total	132151	100.0	275501	100.0	191833	100.0	527331	100.0	715072	100.0	1841888	100.0

A total of 13151 people (0.7%) were not resident in Denmark at the 15th birthday, and a total of 36976 people (1.9%) resident in Denmark at the 15th birthday had unknown information on the geographical distance to nearest major road at the 15th birthday. The column percent indicates the percentage of people living in a defined degree of urbanization with a specific distance to nearest major road.