Number of unplanned hospital contacts in Denmark (selected years)
| Year | 2005 | 2013 | 2014 | 2016 | ||||
| Number of contacts | 1 067 390 | 1 083 877 | 1 219 238 | 1 221 601 | ||||
| Length of stay | ||||||||
| ≤24 hours | 691 027 | 64.7 (64.6–64.8) | 707 955 | 65.3 (65.2–65.4) | 834 837 | 68.5 (68.4–68.6) | 847 644 | 69.4 (69.3–69.5) |
| 24 hours | 376 366 | 35.3 (53.2–53.4) | 375 922 | 34.7 (34.6–34.8) | 384 401 | 31.5 (31.4–31.6) | 373 957 | 30.6 (30.5–30.7) |
| Number of contacts per 1000 citizens per year | 278 | 278 | 310 | 308 | ||||
| Age-adjusted number of contacts per 1000 citizens per year | 285 | (284–285) | 281 | (280–282) | 311 | (311–312) | 308 | (308–309) |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male | 563 458 | 52.8 (52.7–52.9) | 555 437 | 51.2 (51.2–51.3) | 607 242 | 49.8 (49.7–49.9) | 608 460 | 49.8 (49.7–49.9) |
| Female | 503 932 | 47.2 (47.1–47.3) | 528 440 | 48.8 (48.7–48.8) | 611 996 | 50.2 (50.1–50.2) | 613 141 | 50.2 (50.1–50.3) |
| Age groups (years) | ||||||||
| 18–49 | 505 310 | 47.3 (47.2–47.4) | 465 361 | 42.9 (42.8–43.0) | 543 367 | 44.6 (44.5–44.7) | 522 082 | 42.7 (42.6–42.8) |
| 50–64 | 225 554 | 21.1 (21.1–21.2) | 222 544 | 20.5 (20.5–20.6) | 247 876 | 20.3 (20.3–20.4) | 253 577 | 20.8 (20.7–20.8) |
| 65–79 | 198 534 | 18.6 (18.5–18.7) | 245 940 | 22.7 (22.6–22.8) | 268 624 | 22.0 (22.0–22.1) | 279 503 | 22.9 (22.8–23.0) |
| 80+ | 137 992 | 12.9 (12.9–13.0) | 150 032 | 13.8 (13.8–13.9) | 159 371 | 13.1 (13.0–13) | 166 439 | 13.6 (13.6–13.7) |
| Country of origin | ||||||||
| Denmark | 979 727 | 92.0 (92.0–92.1) | 974 984 | 90.2 (90.2–90.3) | 1 080 822 | 89.0 (88.9–89.0) | 1 074 158 | 88.2 (88.1–88.2) |
| Western | 27 230 | 2.6 (2.5–2.6) | 35 002 | 3.2 (3.2–3.3) | 41 665 | 3.4 (3.4–3.5) | 43 827 | 3.6 (3.6–3.6) |
| Non-western | 57 650 | 5.4 (5.4–5.5) | 70 343 | 6.5 (6.5–6.6) | 92 504 | 7.6 (7.6–7.7) | 100 297 | 8.2 (8.2–8.3) |
| Time of week | ||||||||
| Weekday | 721 078 | 67.6 (67.5–67.6) | 742 915 | 68.5 (68.8–68.6) | 804 216 | 66.0 (65.9–66.0) | 798 881 | 65.4 (65.3–65.5) |
| Weekend | 346 312 | 32.4 (32.4–32.5) | 340 962 | 31.5 (31.4–31.5) | 415 022 | 34.0 (34.0–34.1) | 422 720 | 34.5 (34.5–34.7) |
| Time of day | ||||||||
| Daytime | 525 786 | 49.3 (49.2–49.4) | 542 338 | 50.0 (49.9–50.1) | 597 307 | 49.0 (48.9–49.1) | 594 784 | 48.7 (48.6–48.68 |
| Evening | 414 091 | 38.8 (38.7–38.9) | 415 564 | 38.3 (38.2–38.4) | 486 028 | 39.9 (39.8–39.9) | 491 873 | 40.3 (40.2–40.4) |
| Night-time | 127 513 | 11.9 (11.9–12.0) | 125 975 | 11.6 (11.6–11.7) | 135 906 | 11.1 (11.1–12.0) | 134 944 | 11.0 (11.0–11.1) |