BACKGROUND: To examine the prevalence of lifestyle diagnosis codes recorded in the Danish National Registry of @entity1 (DNRP). METHODS: We identified all hospital contacts in Denmark 1999-2012 with a diagnosis of overweight, @entity28 , physical inactivity, current @entity286 smoking, and/or excessive @entity285 consumption. We computed the annual prevalence per 1000 hospital contacts of these diagnoses overall and by baseline characteristics. RESULTS: Among 56,665,048 hospital contacts, the overall prevalence of recording per 1000 hospital contacts was 4.87 for a diagnosis of @entity28 , 2.36 for overweight, 2.90 for smoking, 0.39 for excessive @entity285 consumption, and 0.47 for physical inactivity. Between 1999 and 2012, marked increases were noted for the prevalence of recorded @entity28 (30-fold, from 0.26 to 8.02), smoking (26-fold, from 0.18 to 4.88), and overweight (14-fold, from 0.23 to 3.52). Diagnosis coding of excessive @entity285 consumption and physical inactivity remained at a very low level. The prevalence of recorded lifestyle risk factors varied substantially according to geographical regions, type of hospital contact, @entity1 age, sex and underlying disease. In 2012, the prevalence of codes for @entity28 were highest among @entity1 with @entity6 (15.64 per 1000), @entity1030 (12.95 per 1000), and @entity712 (11.24 per 1000). Codes for smoking were prevalent among @entity1 with @entity1030 (14.11 per 1000), @entity409 (12.68 per 1000), and @entity1095 (8.52 per 1000). CONCLUSION: Despite increasing prevalence of adverse lifestyle risk factors recorded in the DNRP, the much higher prevalence of similar lifestyle risk factors in health surveys suggests that the completeness of coding in the DNRP remains poor.

Evidence for the low recording of weight status and lifestyle risk factors in the Danish National Registry of XXXX , 1999-2012.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients', 'patient'] @entity286 :: ('4097', 'Species') :: ['tobacco'] @entity1095 :: ('MESH:D016491', 'Disease') :: ['peripheral vascular disease'] @entity712 :: ('MESH:D006333', 'Disease') :: ['congestive heart failure'] @entity6 :: ('MESH:D003920', 'Disease') :: ['diabetes'] @entity28 :: ('MESH:D009765', 'Disease') :: ['obesity'] @entity409 :: ('MESH:D008107', 'Disease') :: ['liver disease'] @entity1030 :: ('MESH:D029424', 'Disease') :: ['COPD'] @entity285 :: ('D000431', 'Chemical') :: ['alcohol']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['Patients']
