The 1910 Danish Birth Cohort
The Danish Birth Cohort Studies were set up to assess secular trends in the health and functioning of the very old. These studies include 4 birth cohorts of participants born in 1895, 1905, 1910, and 1915 in Denmark. The 1910 Danish Birth Cohort included 273 participants. Almost 30% of participants were proxy interviewees. Males participated more than females, and non-participants had a higher 6-month mortality rate than participants.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
273 (individuals)
Age at first data collection
99 - 100 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
1910 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2010
Primary Institutions
University of Southern Denmark (Syddansk Universitet, SDU) (Academic, Denmark)
Links
No website available
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Agnes and Knut Mørk Foundation (Third Sector, Denmark)
Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation (DASTI) (Government, Denmark)
Danish Aging Research Center (Academic, Denmark)
Danish Council for Independent Research (now known as Independent Research Fund Denmark, Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond) (Research council, Denmark)
Danish Health Insurance Foundation (Third Sector, Denmark)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- None
- None
- Medical birth registry
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
