Existing data sources for clinical epidemiology: Aarhus University Clinical Trial Candidate Database, Denmark

Figures & data

Figure 1 Hospitals in the Central Denmark Region.

Figure 2 Mapping of patients in Central Denmark Region.

Notes: Numbers refer to number of patients in out-patient clinics in 2012; superscript numbers refer to clinical departments.

Table 1 Number of patients with specific diagnoses treated at hospitals in the Central Denmark Region in 2012

	Aarhus University Hospital	Viborg/Silkeborg Hospital	Horsens Hospital	Herning/Holstebro Hospital	Randers Hospital
Hypertension
Total	1,917	868	898	742	619
New cases	875	550	466	472	427
Gastric ulcer
Total	34	7	14	20	55
New cases	27	6	10	12	32
Crohn’s disease
Total	868	375	238	231	234
New cases	109	56	45	56	18
Rheumatoid arthritis
Total	464	1,018	289	78	400
New cases	95	187	41	16	59
Stroke
Total	2,260	569	452	1,210	614
New cases	991	226	143	600	213
Acute myocardial infarction
Total	1,832	367	379	579	557
New cases	617	165	135	249	148
Cirrhosis
Total	526	96	116	100	151
New cases	122	34	28	33	33
Atrial fibrillation
Total	1,414	495	769	592	872
New cases	372	190	243	254	285
Pneumonia
Total	2,104	1,326	1,181	1,601	1,745
New cases	1,318	881	641	1,001	801
Venous thromboembolism
Total	520	389	283	471	379
New cases	199	172	132	200	140
Cancer*
Total	5,761	2,555	529	2,625	1,062
New cases	901	678	190	535	501

Notes: Total, total number of patients treated in 2012; new cases, number of new cases in 2012;

* pulmonary, breast, colorectal, prostatic cancers.

Table 2 Examples of numbers of patients by disease entity and subtype

Diagnosis	Patients at Aarhus University Hospital in 2012 (n)
Gastric ulcer
Corpus ventriculi with bleeding	21
Corpus ventriculi with perforation	3
Corpus ventriculi without bleeding/perforation	10
Crohn’s disease
Small bowel	68
Ileum	1
Colon	41
Rectum	2
Other type of Crohn’s disease	74
Both small bowel and colon	8
Mouth	1
Not specified	717
Arthritis	7
Rheumatoid arthritis
Not specified	3
Respiratory involvement	7
Pleural effusion	1
Vasculitis	4
Other organs	1
Other type of seropositive rheumatoid arthritis	4
Seropositive without specification	398
Seronegative rheumatoid arthritis	46
Other type of rheumatoid arthritis	2
Stroke
Infarction	1,908
Hemorrhage	354
Cirrhosis
Alcoholic	329
Primary biliary	98
Secondary biliary	3
Other	108
Macronodular	3
Not specified	21
Cryptogenic	11