Table 4.

Selected databases in Denmark on human health that can be related to animal health or other animal related information.

Database name	Purpose	Variables
Register of enteric infections	First-positive (6 month period) patients of diagnosed gastrointestinal bacterial infections	Patient identifier (cpr number), date of sample, requesting doctor, laboratory, bacterial diagnosis (species level), foreign travel
Clinical disease notification database	Notified patients with a series of specified infectious diseases	Patient identifier, diagnosis, dates, relevant clinical information (underlying illness etc.), mode of transmission, place of infections, disease specific characteristics
Danish Microbiology Database (MiBa)	Information of clinical microbiological analyses performed since 2010	Patient identifier, diagnosis, dates, requesting doctor, laboratory—data are unstructured upon receival.
The National Patient Register	Hospitalized patients	Patient identifier, diagnoses codes (ICD8/10), in/out dates, examinations and treatment information, and more.
The Danish Cancer Register	All cancer patients	Patient identifier, relevant dates, type and location of cancer, treatment information, and more.
Euro-MoMo	Mortality data from Denmark and other European countries	Data of death per age group from Denmark and 20 other countries/states.