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DENMARK VS SOMALIA
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Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

Compare Denmark and Somalia health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO 2014 updates, World Bank and the United Nations for population.
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
     
      Denmark DENMARK   Somalia SOMALIA
           
    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
    		  
    34.7
    37.7
    36.2
    163
    158
    163
    1970
    70.9
    75.9
    73.3
    3
    7
    4
    		  
    38.7
    41.8
    40.2
    162
    159
    162
    1980
    71.2
    77.2
    74.1
    13
    13
    12
    		  
    41.0
    44.2
    42.6
    171
    169
    169
    1990
    72.0
    77.7
    74.8
    24
    25
    26
    		  
    40.0
    43.3
    41.6
    180
    179
    179
    2000
    74.5
    79.1
    76.8
    27
    31
    29
    		  
    44.0
    46.2
    45.1
    173
    176
    174
    2010
    77.1
    81.3
    79.2
    25
    29
    28
    		  
    50.8
    54.1
    52.4
    176
    173
    174
    2015
    78.6
    82.5
    80.6
    22
    29
    27
    		  
    53.5
    56.6
    55.0
    175
    175
    175
     
     
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
     
      Denmark DENMARK   Somalia SOMALIA
          World Rank       World Rank
      Male Female M F   Male Female M F
    At Birth
    78.6
    82.5
    22
    29
    		  
    53.5
    56.6
    175
    175
    Age 5
    78.9
    82.8
    23
    30
    		  
    62.3
    64.9
    168
    170
    Age 10
    79.0
    82.8
    23
    30
    		  
    63.5
    66.2
    168
    170
    Age 15
    79.0
    82.8
    23
    30
    		  
    64.3
    67.0
    168
    170
    Age 20
    79.1
    82.8
    23
    30
    		  
    65.2
    67.8
    168
    169
    Age 25
    79.2
    82.9
    23
    31
    		  
    66.3
    68.6
    164
    167
    Age 30
    79.3
    82.9
    24
    31
    		  
    67.5
    69.6
    162
    168
    Age 35
    79.4
    83.0
    25
    31
    		  
    68.8
    70.7
    159
    168
    Age 40
    79.6
    83.1
    27
    32
    		  
    70.1
    71.9
    159
    167
    Age 45
    79.9
    83.3
    28
    32
    		  
    71.4
    73.1
    156
    168
    Age 50
    80.3
    83.6
    28
    32
    		  
    72.8
    74.2
    150
    168
    Age 55
    80.9
    84.0
    30
    32
    		  
    74.3
    75.4
    145
    167
    Age 60
    81.8
    84.6
    30
    32
    		  
    75.8
    76.8
    142
    166
    Age 65
    82.8
    85.4
    30
    34
    		  
    77.7
    78.4
    141
    166
    Age 70
    84.1
    86.3
    34
    35
    		  
    79.9
    80.4
    140
    164
    Age 75
    85.7
    87.5
    42
    44
    		  
    82.5
    82.9
    138
    156
    Age 80
    87.8
    89.3
    49
    46
    		  
    85.6
    85.9
    130
    151
    Age 85
    90.5
    91.7
    58
    46
    		  
    89.1
    89.3
    123
    146
    Age 90
    93.7
    94.5
    75
    57
    		  
    93.1
    93.2
    116
    140
    Age 95
    97.4
    97.9
    101
    81
    		  
    97.3
    97.4
    109
    129
    Age 100
    101.7
    102.0
    133
    98
    		  
    101.9
    102.0
    94
    99
     
     
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
     
      Denmark DENMARK   Somalia SOMALIA
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    44.79
    160
    		  
    50.08
    154
    2. Lung Cancers
    39.03
    7
    		  
    2.70
    138
    3. Lung Disease
    33.27
    27
    		  
    17.01
    100
    4. Stroke
    32.22
    154
    		  
    96.19
    79
    5. Alzheimers/Dementia
    29.53
    8
    		  
    1.84
    125
    6. Breast Cancer
    27.69
    5
    		  
    22.07
    29
    7. Prostate Cancer
    27.56
    27
    		  
    17.67
    74
    8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    21.84
    6
    		  
    6.47
    100
    9. Influenza and Pneumonia
    19.42
    119
    		  
    188.73
    11
    10. Diabetes Mellitus
    13.73
    126
    		  
    27.17
    85
    11. Liver Disease
    11.59
    105
    		  
    17.89
    75
    12. Alcohol
    10.54
    6
    		  
    0.09
    142
    13. Pancreas Cancer
    9.89
    8
    		  
    1.95
    120
    14. Hypertension
    9.39
    139
    		  
    11.85
    122
    15. Suicide
    9.19
    82
    		  
    11.83
    53
    16. Ovary Cancer
    7.76
    13
    		  
    6.40
    32
    17. Lymphomas
    6.40
    42
    		  
    6.02
    52
    18. Leukemia
    5.91
    8
    		  
    4.82
    39
    19. Endocrine Disorders
    5.44
    94
    		  
    14.55
    26
    20. Bladder Cancer
    5.27
    9
    		  
    1.41
    117
    21. Falls
    5.22
    90
    		  
    9.48
    45
    22. Stomach Cancer
    5.00
    101
    		  
    6.41
    70
    23. Oesophagus Cancer
    4.70
    40
    		  
    10.56
    14
    24. Oral Cancer
    4.53
    54
    		  
    4.70
    48
    25. Liver Cancer
    4.46
    106
    		  
    3.63
    133
    26. Skin Cancers
    4.15
    7
    		  
    1.28
    112
    27. Kidney Disease
    3.97
    159
    		  
    21.28
    26
    28. Road Traffic Accidents
    3.96
    159
    		  
    21.65
    58
    29. Drug Use
    3.61
    24
    		  
    3.71
    22
    30. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    3.48
    68
    		  
    3.56
    66
    31. Inflammatory/Heart
    3.14
    148
    		  
    12.51
    32
    32. Uterin Cancer
    3.08
    42
    		  
    1.90
    90
    33. Other Injuries
    3.08
    163
    		  
    26.32
    23
    34. Parkinson's Disease
    2.95
    45
    		  
    1.54
    100
    35. Low Birth Weight
    2.91
    138
    		  
    30.96
    8
    36. Diarrhoeal diseases
    2.66
    100
    		  
    148.26
    4
    37. Other Neoplasms
    2.45
    96
    		  
    7.19
    8
    38. Congenital Anomalies
    2.32
    165
    		  
    11.66
    19
    39. Cervical Cancer
    2.10
    151
    		  
    21.01
    26
    40. Epilepsy
    2.01
    84
    		  
    10.81
    21
    41. Multiple Sclerosis
    1.58
    3
    		  
    0.18
    106
    42. Anemia
    1.11
    69
    		  
    4.93
    27
    43. Violence
    0.86
    156
    		  
    9.11
    57
    44. Poisonings
    0.82
    114
    		  
    9.59
    3
    45. Fires
    0.80
    130
    		  
    16.67
    5
    46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    0.78
    67
    		  
    4.49
    14
    47. Asthma
    0.69
    154
    		  
    9.13
    52
    48. Schizophrenia
    0.69
    21
    		  
    0.53
    33
    49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    0.68
    149
    		  
    9.57
    22
    50. Skin Disease
    0.59
    131
    		  
    9.13
    11
     
     
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
     
      Denmark DENMARK   Somalia SOMALIA
      Deaths %   Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    5,013
    11.46
    		  
    2,071
    1.61
    2. Lung Cancers
    4,048
    9.26
    		  
    125
    0.10
    3. Lung Disease
    3,796
    8.68
    		  
    777
    0.61
    4. Stroke
    3,648
    8.34
    		  
    3,746
    2.92
    5. Alzheimers/Dementia
    3,592
    8.21
    		  
    82
    0.06
    6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    2,321
    5.31
    		  
    308
    0.24
    7. Influenza and Pneumonia
    2,240
    5.12
    		  
    18,701
    14.56
    8. Diabetes Mellitus
    1,474
    3.37
    		  
    1,136
    0.88
    9. Breast Cancer
    1,454
    3.32
    		  
    608
    0.47
    10. Prostate Cancer
    1,421
    3.25
    		  
    277
    0.22
    11. Hypertension
    1,087
    2.48
    		  
    472
    0.37
    12. Pancreas Cancer
    1,025
    2.34
    		  
    89
    0.07
    13. Liver Disease
    940
    2.15
    		  
    931
    0.73
    14. Alcohol
    796
    1.82
    		  
    4
    0.00
    15. Lymphomas
    677
    1.55
    		  
    331
    0.26
    16. Suicide
    625
    1.43
    		  
    815
    0.63
    17. Bladder Cancer
    591
    1.35
    		  
    59
    0.05
    18. Leukemia
    588
    1.34
    		  
    300
    0.23
    19. Falls
    586
    1.34
    		  
    636
    0.50
    20. Endocrine Disorders
    539
    1.23
    		  
    1,177
    0.92
    21. Stomach Cancer
    490
    1.12
    		  
    277
    0.22
    22. Oesophagus Cancer
    465
    1.06
    		  
    458
    0.36
    23. Kidney Disease
    454
    1.04
    		  
    1,238
    0.96
    24. Liver Cancer
    445
    1.02
    		  
    177
    0.14
    25. Oral Cancer
    416
    0.95
    		  
    225
    0.17
    26. Skin Cancers
    414
    0.95
    		  
    56
    0.04
    27. Ovary Cancer
    406
    0.93
    		  
    169
    0.13
    28. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    395
    0.90
    		  
    175
    0.14
    29. Parkinson's Disease
    354
    0.81
    		  
    56
    0.04
    30. Diarrhoeal diseases
    305
    0.70
    		  
    15,559
    12.11
    31. Other Injuries
    297
    0.68
    		  
    2,455
    1.91
    32. Inflammatory/Heart
    294
    0.67
    		  
    595
    0.46
    33. Other Neoplasms
    277
    0.63
    		  
    357
    0.28
    34. Road Traffic Accidents
    251
    0.57
    		  
    1,820
    1.42
    35. Drug Use
    221
    0.51
    		  
    294
    0.23
    36. Uterin Cancer
    178
    0.41
    		  
    43
    0.03
    37. Epilepsy
    149
    0.34
    		  
    1,020
    0.79
    38. Multiple Sclerosis
    139
    0.32
    		  
    11
    0.01
    39. Anemia
    135
    0.31
    		  
    380
    0.30
    40. Congenital Anomalies
    115
    0.26
    		  
    2,233
    1.74
    41. Low Birth Weight
    107
    0.24
    		  
    6,663
    5.19
    42. Cervical Cancer
    95
    0.22
    		  
    542
    0.42
    43. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    91
    0.21
    		  
    210
    0.16
    44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    80
    0.18
    		  
    513
    0.40
    45. Asthma
    73
    0.17
    		  
    458
    0.36
    46. Fires
    70
    0.16
    		  
    1,825
    1.42
    47. Skin Disease
    68
    0.16
    		  
    517
    0.40
    48. Poisonings
    63
    0.14
    		  
    1,023
    0.80
    49. Schizophrenia
    61
    0.14
    		  
    29
    0.02
    50. Depression
    52
    0.12
    		  
    0
    0.00
     
     
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
     
      Denmark DENMARK   Somalia SOMALIA
      Rate World Rank   Rate World Rank
    1. Lung Cancers
    39.03
    7
    		  
    2.70
    138
    2. Breast Cancer
    27.69
    5
    		  
    22.07
    29
    3. Prostate Cancer
    27.56
    27
    		  
    17.67
    74
    4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    21.84
    6
    		  
    6.47
    100
    5. Pancreas Cancer
    9.89
    8
    		  
    1.95
    120
    6. Ovary Cancer
    7.76
    13
    		  
    6.40
    32
    7. Lymphomas
    6.40
    42
    		  
    6.02
    52
    8. Leukemia
    5.91
    8
    		  
    4.82
    39
    9. Bladder Cancer
    5.27
    9
    		  
    1.41
    117
    10. Stomach Cancer
    5.00
    101
    		  
    6.41
    70
    11. Oesophagus Cancer
    4.70
    40
    		  
    10.56
    14
    12. Oral Cancer
    4.53
    54
    		  
    4.70
    48
    13. Liver Cancer
    4.46
    106
    		  
    3.63
    133
    14. Skin Cancers
    4.15
    7
    		  
    1.28
    112
    15. Uterin Cancer
    3.08
    42
    		  
    1.90
    90
    16. Cervical Cancer
    2.10
    151
    		  
    21.01
    26
     
     
     
    Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
    World Rankings Calculations Are Age Adjusted Death Rates Per 100,000 Population.
    Data Source: Published By WHO 2014
    WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Cook Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome, Seychelles, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu.