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Japan
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. 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 Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles 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 Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

Compare Japan and Denmark health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Denmark
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. 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 Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles 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 Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Japan Population Pyramid
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Japan JAPAN   Denmark DENMARK
      Japan JAPAN   Denmark DENMARK
           
    World Rank
           
    World Rank
      M F All M F All   M F All M F All
    1960
    65.3
    70.1
    67.7
    31
    35
    35
     
    70.4
    74.0
    72.2
    4
    8
    4
    1970
    69.4
    74.7
    72.0
    9
    13
    10
     
    70.9
    75.9
    73.3
    3
    7
    4
    1980
    73.6
    78.8
    76.1
    1
    5
    1
     
    71.2
    77.2
    74.1
    13
    13
    12
    1990
    75.9
    81.9
    78.8
    1
    1
    1
     
    72.0
    77.7
    74.8
    24
    25
    26
    2000
    77.6
    84.5
    81.1
    2
    1
    1
     
    74.5
    79.2
    76.9
    25
    30
    27
    2010
    79.5
    86.3
    83.0
    5
    1
    1
     
    77.1
    81.3
    79.2
    25
    29
    28
    2019
    81.5
    86.9
    84.3
    2
    1
    1
     
    79.6
    83.0
    81.3
    21
    30
    26
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Japan JAPAN   Denmark DENMARK
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    81.5
    86.9
    2
    1
    79.6
    83.0
    21
    30
    Age 5
    81.7
    87.2
    2
    1
    79.9
    83.3
    22
    31
    Age 10
    81.7
    87.2
    2
    1
    79.9
    83.3
    22
    31
    Age 15
    81.8
    87.2
    2
    1
    80.0
    83.3
    22
    32
    Age 20
    81.9
    87.2
    2
    1
    80.0
    83.4
    22
    32
    Age 25
    82.0
    87.3
    2
    1
    80.1
    83.4
    24
    32
    Age 30
    82.1
    87.4
    2
    1
    80.2
    83.4
    25
    32
    Age 35
    82.2
    87.4
    3
    1
    80.4
    83.5
    25
    33
    Age 40
    82.4
    87.6
    3
    1
    80.5
    83.6
    25
    33
    Age 45
    82.6
    87.7
    3
    1
    80.7
    83.8
    26
    33
    Age 50
    82.9
    87.9
    3
    1
    81.0
    84.0
    28
    34
    Age 55
    83.4
    88.2
    3
    1
    81.5
    84.3
    30
    35
    Age 60
    84.0
    88.6
    3
    1
    82.3
    84.9
    30
    36
    Age 65
    84.8
    89.0
    4
    1
    83.3
    85.6
    33
    37
    Age 70
    86.0
    89.6
    2
    1
    84.6
    86.5
    34
    37
    Age 75
    87.3
    90.3
    6
    1
    86.1
    87.6
    36
    40
    Age 80
    89.0
    91.3
    8
    2
    87.9
    89.1
    48
    43
    Age 85
    91.4
    92.8
    9
    3
    90.2
    91.0
    67
    57
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Japan JAPAN   Denmark DENMARK
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    30.62
    181
    36.00
    178
    2. Stroke
    23.21
    161
    23.60
    160
    3. Lung Cancers
    18.06
    66
    28.82
    15
    4. Influenza and Pneumonia
    16.56
    129
    13.49
    144
    5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    13.59
    37
    15.72
    23
    6. Lung Disease
    12.69
    156
    29.30
    56
    7. Suicide
    12.24
    49
    7.63
    106
    8. Stomach Cancer
    11.47
    28
    3.96
    130
    9. Breast Cancer
    10.31
    155
    19.03
    62
    10. Pancreas Cancer
    8.87
    10
    8.44
    16
    11. Alzheimers & Dementia
    7.87
    159
    29.41
    11
    12. Kidney Disease
    7.61
    154
    5.79
    161
    13. Liver Cancer
    6.62
    62
    3.71
    144
    14. Prostate Cancer
    6.05
    157
    22.37
    53
    15. Other Injuries
    4.92
    133
    2.56
    175
    16. Liver Disease
    4.78
    164
    6.98
    151
    17. Lymphomas
    4.22
    111
    5.26
    76
    18. Ovary Cancer
    3.30
    136
    5.69
    41
    19. Oesophagus Cancer
    3.28
    61
    3.89
    46
    20. Other Neoplasms
    3.05
    31
    2.50
    41
    21. Leukemia
    2.76
    133
    4.10
    64
    22. Cervical Cancer
    2.73
    152
    2.70
    154
    23. Congenital Anomalies
    2.49
    167
    2.33
    172
    24. Endocrine Disorders
    2.36
    135
    4.43
    75
    25. Parkinson's Disease
    2.33
    156
    3.79
    111
    26. Road Traffic Accidents
    2.21
    175
    3.00
    169
    27. Oral Cancer
    2.19
    124
    3.19
    79
    28. Drownings
    2.12
    109
    0.46
    174
    29. Inflammatory/Heart
    2.08
    163
    2.39
    155
    30. Uterin Cancer
    2.02
    106
    2.13
    100
    31. Falls
    1.98
    173
    3.55
    136
    32. Bladder Cancer
    1.86
    104
    3.85
    28
    33. Diabetes Mellitus
    1.35
    182
    9.05
    147
    34. Hypertension
    1.07
    183
    3.86
    162
    35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    0.61
    169
    1.46
    134
    36. Tuberculosis
    0.53
    140
    0.17
    167
    37. Diarrhoeal diseases
    0.53
    161
    0.88
    142
    38. Epilepsy
    0.51
    176
    1.24
    121
    39. Hepatitis C
    0.50
    19
    0.10
    89
    40. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    0.48
    56
    0.53
    45
    41. Skin Disease
    0.47
    142
    0.51
    140
    42. Skin Cancers
    0.42
    167
    3.04
    31
    43. Malnutrition
    0.41
    118
    0.10
    154
    44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    0.40
    162
    0.58
    147
    45. Asthma
    0.36
    174
    0.59
    157
    46. Hepatitis B
    0.34
    77
    0.08
    145
    47. Drug Use
    0.33
    177
    3.09
    26
    48. Fires
    0.33
    161
    0.53
    138
    49. Low Birth Weight
    0.32
    183
    2.39
    136
    50. Schizophrenia
    0.31
    17
    0.52
    7
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Japan JAPAN   Denmark DENMARK
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    163,905
    14.84
    5,341
    11.90
    2. Stroke
    121,823
    11.03
    3,662
    8.16
    3. Influenza and Pneumonia
    107,899
    9.77
    2,244
    5.00
    4. Lung Cancers
    79,688
    7.21
    3,721
    8.29
    5. Lung Disease
    78,169
    7.08
    4,387
    9.77
    6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    57,340
    5.19
    2,147
    4.78
    7. Alzheimers & Dementia
    56,937
    5.15
    5,218
    11.62
    8. Stomach Cancer
    50,433
    4.57
    484
    1.08
    9. Kidney Disease
    44,779
    4.05
    911
    2.03
    10. Pancreas Cancer
    37,027
    3.35
    1,096
    2.44
    11. Liver Cancer
    29,384
    2.66
    464
    1.03
    12. Other Injuries
    22,068
    2.00
    347
    0.77
    13. Suicide
    19,466
    1.76
    617
    1.37
    14. Lymphomas
    19,273
    1.74
    730
    1.63
    15. Breast Cancer
    15,805
    1.43
    1,299
    2.89
    16. Other Neoplasms
    15,120
    1.37
    378
    0.84
    17. Liver Disease
    14,195
    1.29
    692
    1.54
    18. Parkinson's Disease
    14,007
    1.27
    600
    1.34
    19. Prostate Cancer
    13,515
    1.22
    1,480
    3.30
    20. Oesophagus Cancer
    12,316
    1.11
    477
    1.06
    21. Endocrine Disorders
    11,486
    1.04
    575
    1.28
    22. Bladder Cancer
    9,936
    0.90
    545
    1.21
    23. Falls
    9,736
    0.88
    541
    1.21
    24. Leukemia
    9,607
    0.87
    558
    1.24
    25. Drownings
    8,409
    0.76
    37
    0.08
    26. Oral Cancer
    8,333
    0.75
    371
    0.83
    27. Inflammatory/Heart
    8,232
    0.75
    284
    0.63
    28. Hypertension
    6,673
    0.60
    642
    1.43
    29. Diabetes Mellitus
    5,433
    0.49
    1,284
    2.86
    30. Ovary Cancer
    5,061
    0.46
    367
    0.82
    31. Road Traffic Accidents
    4,566
    0.41
    213
    0.47
    32. Cervical Cancer
    3,799
    0.34
    153
    0.34
    33. Uterin Cancer
    3,461
    0.31
    156
    0.35
    34. Tuberculosis
    3,459
    0.31
    16
    0.04
    35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    2,922
    0.26
    216
    0.48
    36. Skin Disease
    2,806
    0.25
    79
    0.18
    37. Diarrhoeal diseases
    2,731
    0.25
    145
    0.32
    38. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    2,618
    0.24
    84
    0.19
    39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    2,555
    0.23
    96
    0.21
    40. Congenital Anomalies
    2,473
    0.22
    153
    0.34
    41. Hepatitis C
    2,220
    0.20
    9
    0.02
    42. Asthma
    1,922
    0.17
    82
    0.18
    43. Malnutrition
    1,910
    0.17
    14
    0.03
    44. Skin Cancers
    1,843
    0.17
    388
    0.86
    45. Epilepsy
    1,558
    0.14
    125
    0.28
    46. Hepatitis B
    1,423
    0.13
    6
    0.01
    47. Schizophrenia
    1,052
    0.10
    57
    0.13
    48. Fires
    1,007
    0.09
    53
    0.12
    49. Anemia
    875
    0.08
    73
    0.16
    50. Drug Use
    732
    0.07
    197
    0.44
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Japan JAPAN   Denmark DENMARK
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Lung Cancers
    18.06
    66
    28.82
    15
    2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    13.59
    37
    15.72
    23
    3. Stomach Cancer
    11.47
    28
    3.96
    130
    4. Breast Cancer
    10.31
    155
    19.03
    62
    5. Pancreas Cancer
    8.87
    10
    8.44
    16
    6. Liver Cancer
    6.62
    62
    3.71
    144
    7. Prostate Cancer
    6.05
    157
    22.37
    53
    8. Lymphomas
    4.22
    111
    5.26
    76
    9. Ovary Cancer
    3.30
    136
    5.69
    41
    10. Oesophagus Cancer
    3.28
    61
    3.89
    46
    11. Leukemia
    2.76
    133
    4.10
    64
    12. Cervical Cancer
    2.73
    152
    2.70
    154
    13. Oral Cancer
    2.19
    124
    3.19
    79
    14. Uterin Cancer
    2.02
    106
    2.13
    100
    15. Bladder Cancer
    1.86
    104
    3.85
    28
    16. Skin Cancers
    0.42
    167
    3.04
    31
    Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
    Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
    Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
    WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.