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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Denmark
DENMARK		        
  		     
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  Male Female All M F All   Male Female All M F All
1960
70.4
74.0
72.2
4
8
4
  
68.2
74.2
71.1
9
4
9
1970
70.9
75.9
73.3
3
7
4
  
68.9
75.2
72.0
13
9
9
1980
71.2
77.2
74.1
13
13
12
  
70.7
76.8
73.7
16
14
17
1990
72.0
77.7
74.8
24
25
26
  
73.1
78.8
75.9
17
17
16
2000
74.5
79.1
76.8
27
31
29
  
75.4
80.2
77.7
19
23
22
2010
76.1
81.0
78.5
25
29
27
  
77.8
82.1
79.9
14
24
16
 
 
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
 
  Denmark
DENMARK		      
   
      World Rank       World Rank
  Male Female M F   Male Female M F
At Birth
76.1
81.0
25
29
  
77.8
82.1
14
24
Age 6
78.1
82.5
32
34
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 11
78.2
82.5
31
34
  
79.5
83.6
21
28
Age 16
78.2
82.5
32
34
  
79.5
83.7
21
28
Age 21
78.3
82.6
32
36
  
79.7
83.8
21
28
Age 26
78.5
82.6
32
37
  
79.9
83.8
21
28
Age 31
78.6
82.7
35
37
  
80.1
83.9
21
28
Age 36
78.8
82.8
36
37
  
80.3
84.0
21
29
Age 41
79.1
83.0
37
37
  
80.6
84.2
20
27
Age 46
79.4
83.2
37
38
  
81.0
84.4
20
28
Age 51
79.9
83.5
41
39
  
81.4
84.8
20
27
Age 56
80.6
84.0
39
39
  
82.0
85.2
20
27
Age 61
81.6
84.7
41
39
  
82.8
85.8
20
26
Age 66
82.8
85.6
42
40
  
83.8
86.5
23
25
Age 71
84.2
86.7
47
42
  
85.2
87.5
26
31
Age 76
86.0
88.1
49
42
  
86.9
88.8
26
32
Age 81
88.4
90.2
53
38
  
89.0
90.5
31
32
Age 86
91.3
92.7
55
37
  
91.8
92.8
38
33
Age 91
94.7
95.7
65
35
  
95.0
95.7
44
35
Age 96
98.6
99.2
72
37
  
98.8
99.2
46
37
Age 101
102.9
103.3
85
33
  
103.0
103.2
58
48
 
 
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Denmark
DENMARK		  
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Coronary Heart Disease
55.92
168
  
68.80
155
2 Stroke
39.26
157
  
36.89
160
3 Lung Cancers
39.23
6
  
30.98
18
4 Lung Disease
26.85
82
  
21.47
98
5 Breast Cancer
26.69
9
  
23.62
20
6 Colon-Rectum Cancers
21.76
6
  
15.49
33
7 Alzheimers/Dementia
17.41
13
  
17.08
14
8 Influenza & Pneumonia
13.82
153
  
23.69
125
9 Diabetes Mellitus
12.35
152
  
5.04
185
10 Liver Disease
11.46
75
  
9.48
96
11 Prostate Cancer
11.25
29
  
8.21
58
12 Suicide
10.06
66
  
6.90
101
13 Alcohol
9.92
4
  
1.10
76
14 Other Injuries
8.60
125
  
5.54
170
15 Pancreas Cancer
8.52
17
  
6.81
39
16 Lymphomas
6.86
48
  
7.35
36
17 Endocrine Disorders
6.51
95
  
3.13
147
18 Hypertension
5.63
172
  
3.67
183
19 Bladder Cancer
5.63
9
  
4.27
28
20 Road Traffic Accidents
5.43
174
  
4.77
180
21 Leukemia
4.76
46
  
4.39
63
22 Oesophagus Cancer
4.58
55
  
7.62
30
23 Kidney Disease
4.50
171
  
3.23
185
24 Stomach Cancer
4.35
142
  
4.81
130
25 Ovary Cancer
4.34
11
  
3.96
20
26 Congenital Anomalies
4.04
154
  
3.68
164
27 Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.81
87
  
2.54
123
28 Poisonings
3.76
62
  
2.81
89
29 Oral Cancer
3.66
69
  
2.39
113
30 Other Neoplasms
3.63
70
  
2.95
92
31 Skin Cancers
3.37
17
  
2.74
32
32 Liver Cancer
3.18
161
  
3.07
164
33 Falls
2.80
125
  
3.51
109
34 Low Birth Weight
2.74
150
  
3.39
144
35 Parkinson Disease
2.48
33
  
3.48
8
36 Inflammatory/Heart
2.40
163
  
2.97
152
37 Uterin Cancer
1.75
48
  
1.53
64
38 Cervical Cancer
1.56
152
  
1.38
161
39 Multiple Sclerosis
1.37
3
  
1.33
4
40 Epilepsy
1.19
137
  
1.57
104
41 Diarrhoeal diseases
1.16
134
  
1.95
119
42 Fires
0.90
127
  
0.45
158
43 Schizophrenia
0.85
25
  
0.06
144
44 Asthma
0.84
171
  
1.09
153
45 Drownings
0.78
172
  
0.35
187
46 Violence
0.77
174
  
1.14
160
47 Anaemia
0.70
129
  
0.15
171
48 Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.65
72
  
0.67
68
49 Skin Disease
0.60
148
  
1.50
104
50 Birth Trauma
0.60
168
  
0.64
166
 
 
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
 
  Denmark
DENMARK		  
  Deaths %   Deaths %
1 Coronary Heart Disease
6,653
15.41
  
92,299
19.77
2 Stroke
4,731
10.96
  
55,919
11.98
3 Lung Cancers
3,826
8.86
  
35,845
7.68
4 Lung Disease
3,037
7.03
  
29,069
6.23
5 Alzheimers/Dementia
2,417
5.60
  
29,116
6.24
6 Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,355
5.45
  
18,951
4.06
7 Influenza & Pneumonia
1,829
4.24
  
37,348
8.00
8 Breast Cancer
1,439
3.33
  
14,343
3.07
9 Diabetes Mellitus
1,323
3.06
  
6,682
1.43
10 Prostate Cancer
1,315
3.05
  
11,508
2.46
11 Other Injuries
927
2.15
  
6,029
1.29
12 Liver Disease
889
2.06
  
7,767
1.66
13 Pancreas Cancer
852
1.97
  
7,954
1.70
14 Alcohol
785
1.82
  
862
0.18
15 Lymphomas
696
1.61
  
8,744
1.87
16 Suicide
696
1.61
  
4,660
1.00
17 Endocrine Disorders
661
1.53
  
3,056
0.65
18 Hypertension
656
1.52
  
5,191
1.11
19 Bladder Cancer
615
1.42
  
5,842
1.25
20 Kidney Disease
543
1.26
  
4,804
1.03
21 Leukemia
491
1.14
  
5,077
1.09
22 Peptic Ulcer Disease
466
1.08
  
3,294
0.71
23 Oesophagus Cancer
448
1.04
  
8,762
1.88
24 Stomach Cancer
429
0.99
  
6,006
1.29
25 Ovary Cancer
422
0.98
  
4,366
0.94
26 Other Neoplasms
414
0.96
  
3,829
0.82
27 Oral Cancer
334
0.77
  
2,428
0.52
28 Liver Cancer
314
0.73
  
3,470
0.74
29 Falls
313
0.72
  
4,450
0.95
30 Skin Cancers
306
0.71
  
2,947
0.63
31 Road Traffic Accidents
304
0.70
  
3,073
0.66
32 Parkinson Disease
303
0.70
  
5,348
1.15
33 Inflammatory/Heart
212
0.49
  
3,014
0.65
34 Poisonings
207
0.48
  
1,805
0.39
35 Uterin Cancer
192
0.44
  
1,852
0.40
36 Congenital Anomalies
190
0.44
  
1,950
0.42
37 Diarrhoeal diseases
147
0.34
  
3,081
0.66
38 Cervical Cancer
141
0.33
  
1,322
0.28
39 Multiple Sclerosis
121
0.28
  
1,206
0.26
40 Anaemia
101
0.23
  
260
0.06
41 Low Birth Weight
100
0.23
  
1,386
0.30
42 Epilepsy
85
0.20
  
1,201
0.26
43 Asthma
83
0.19
  
1,260
0.27
44 Schizophrenia
78
0.18
  
80
0.02
45 Rheumatoid Arthritis
77
0.18
  
905
0.19
46 Skin Disease
75
0.17
  
2,188
0.47
47 Fires
71
0.16
  
380
0.08
48 Depression
68
0.16
  
150
0.03
49 Prostatic Hypertrophy
51
0.12
  
193
0.04
50 Drownings
48
0.11
  
233
0.05
 
 
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Denmark
DENMARK		  
  Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
1 Lung Cancers
39.23
6
  
30.98
18
2 Breast Cancer
26.69
9
  
23.62
20
3 Colon-Rectum Cancers
21.76
6
  
15.49
33
4 Prostate Cancer
11.25
29
  
8.21
58
5 Pancreas Cancer
8.52
17
  
6.81
39
6 Lymphomas
6.86
48
  
7.35
36
7 Bladder Cancer
5.63
9
  
4.27
28
8 Leukemia
4.76
46
  
4.39
63
9 Oesophagus Cancer
4.58
55
  
7.62
30
10 Stomach Cancer
4.35
142
  
4.81
130
11 Ovary Cancer
4.34
11
  
3.96
20
12 Oral Cancer
3.66
69
  
2.39
113
13 Other Neoplasms
3.63
70
  
2.95
92
14 Skin Cancers
3.37
17
  
2.74
32
15 Liver Cancer
3.18
161
  
3.07
164
16 Uterin Cancer
1.75
48
  
1.53
64
17 Cervical Cancer
1.56
152
  
1.38
161
 
 
DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
 
  Denmark
DENMARK		  
  Value World Rank   Value World Rank
Population Total
5,500,510
107
 
61,113,205
22
Sex Ratio M / F
0.98
125
 
0.98
125
Population 0-14
18.1 %
154
 
16.7 %
158
Population 15-64
65.8 %
88
 
67.1 %
64
Population 65 +
16.1 %
24
 
16.2 %
23
Birth Rate / 1000
10.54
157
 
10.65
155
Death Rate / 1000
10.22
57
 
10.02
61
Fertulity Rate
1.74
145
 
1.66
153
Infant Mortality
4.34
174
 
4.85
167
Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
1.06
57
 
1.05
130
Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
1.05
77
 
1.05
77
Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
1.01
84
 
1.03
46
Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
0.78
92
 
0.76
105
Net Migrattion
2.48
21
 
2.16
29
Population Growth
0.28
152
 
0.28
152
Literacy Total
99.0
41
 
99.0
41
Literacy Male
99.0
50
 
99.0
50
Literacy Female
99.0
41
 
99.0
41
Unemployment
2.0
155
 
5.5
113
LIFE EXPECTANCY / BIRTH
78.5
27
  
79.9
16
HEALTHY LIFE EXPECTANCY
72.0
27
  
72.0
27
GDP PER CAPITA USD
$37,400
20
  
$36,600
23
 

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