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Denmark
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Denmark and Benin 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.

Benin
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
Denmark Population Pyramid
6,245,374
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
Benin Population Pyramid
24,280,484
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Denmark DENMARK   Benin BENIN
  Denmark DENMARK   Benin BENIN
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
70.4
74.0
72.2
4
8
4
 
40.5
42.9
41.7
140
137
138
1970
70.9
75.9
73.3
3
7
4
 
44.7
47.6
46.1
139
138
138
1980
71.2
77.2
74.1
13
13
12
 
48.6
51.8
50.1
145
142
143
1990
72.0
77.7
74.8
24
25
26
 
52.0
54.5
53.2
152
153
153
2000
74.5
79.2
76.9
25
30
27
 
54.1
56.6
55.4
149
149
149
2010
77.1
81.3
79.2
25
29
28
 
57.5
59.9
58.7
155
157
155
2019
79.6
83.0
81.3
21
30
26
 
61.2
65.7
63.4
161
157
158
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Denmark DENMARK   Benin BENIN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
79.6
83.0
21
30
61.2
65.7
161
157
Age
79.6
83.0
21
30
61.2
65.7
161
157
Age 5
79.9
83.3
22
31
67.7
71.7
144
141
Age 10
79.9
83.3
22
31
68.4
72.5
142
139
Age 15
80.0
83.3
22
32
68.9
72.9
141
138
Age 20
80.0
83.4
22
32
69.3
73.2
140
138
Age 25
80.1
83.4
24
32
69.7
73.5
141
138
Age 30
80.2
83.4
25
32
70.2
73.9
141
138
Age 35
80.4
83.5
25
33
70.7
74.3
141
139
Age 40
80.5
83.6
25
33
71.4
74.9
142
140
Age 45
80.7
83.8
26
33
72.2
75.6
141
142
Age 50
81.0
84.0
28
34
73.3
76.3
142
144
Age 55
81.5
84.3
30
35
74.6
77.3
139
147
Age 60
82.3
84.9
30
36
76.1
78.5
141
144
Age 65
83.3
85.6
33
37
78.1
80.1
142
143
Age 70
84.6
86.5
34
37
80.4
81.9
138
140
Age 75
86.1
87.6
36
40
83.1
84.3
137
130
Age 80
87.9
89.1
48
43
86.2
87.1
127
113
Age 85
90.2
91.0
67
57
89.6
90.3
118
98
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Denmark DENMARK   Benin BENIN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
36.00
178
113.27
90
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
29.41
11
20.23
42
3. Lung Disease
29.30
56
25.54
76
4. Lung Cancers
28.82
15
1.08
180
5. Stroke
23.60
160
119.03
42
6. Prostate Cancer
22.37
53
47.73
8
7. Breast Cancer
19.03
62
23.23
37
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.72
23
5.06
150
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.49
144
112.94
20
10. Diabetes Mellitus
9.05
147
37.49
67
11. Pancreas Cancer
8.44
16
3.03
111
12. Suicide
7.63
106
12.71
43
13. Liver Disease
6.98
151
39.37
27
14. Alcohol
6.10
13
1.37
93
15. Kidney Disease
5.79
161
33.45
44
16. Ovary Cancer
5.69
41
2.43
165
17. Lymphomas
5.26
76
5.99
42
18. Endocrine Disorders
4.43
75
10.91
17
19. Leukemia
4.10
64
3.48
96
20. Stomach Cancer
3.96
130
6.49
83
21. Oesophagus Cancer
3.89
46
6.30
26
22. Hypertension
3.86
162
21.93
72
23. Bladder Cancer
3.85
28
0.67
172
24. Parkinson's Disease
3.79
111
5.27
41
25. Liver Cancer
3.71
144
6.58
63
26. Falls
3.55
136
9.00
32
27. Oral Cancer
3.19
79
2.67
96
28. Drug Use
3.09
26
2.36
35
29. Skin Cancers
3.04
31
2.06
80
30. Road Traffic Accidents
3.00
169
33.95
38
31. Cervical Cancer
2.70
154
22.59
31
32. Other Injuries
2.56
175
15.04
24
33. Other Neoplasms
2.50
41
0.41
102
34. Low Birth Weight
2.39
136
13.84
10
35. Inflammatory/Heart
2.39
155
7.05
48
36. Congenital Anomalies
2.33
172
9.44
13
37. Uterin Cancer
2.13
100
3.34
38
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.46
134
7.54
27
39. Epilepsy
1.24
121
3.60
10
40. Multiple Sclerosis
1.19
3
0.23
71
41. Violence
1.08
151
6.79
71
42. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.88
142
67.45
16
43. Asthma
0.59
157
15.55
37
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.58
147
3.06
41
45. Fires
0.53
138
4.20
25
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.53
45
0.23
113
47. Schizophrenia
0.52
7
0.00
71
48. Skin Disease
0.51
140
2.32
47
49. Drownings
0.46
174
3.85
49
50. Birth Trauma
0.44
155
11.26
16
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Denmark DENMARK   Benin BENIN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
5,341
11.90
5,397
6.48
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
5,218
11.62
715
0.86
3. Lung Disease
4,387
9.77
1,220
1.46
4. Lung Cancers
3,721
8.29
66
0.08
5. Stroke
3,662
8.16
5,855
7.03
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,244
5.00
10,205
12.25
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,147
4.78
311
0.37
8. Prostate Cancer
1,480
3.30
867
1.04
9. Breast Cancer
1,299
2.89
784
0.94
10. Diabetes Mellitus
1,284
2.86
1,912
2.29
11. Pancreas Cancer
1,096
2.44
177
0.21
12. Kidney Disease
911
2.03
1,929
2.32
13. Lymphomas
730
1.63
387
0.46
14. Liver Disease
692
1.54
2,447
2.94
15. Hypertension
642
1.43
1,088
1.31
16. Suicide
617
1.37
922
1.11
17. Parkinson's Disease
600
1.34
212
0.25
18. Alcohol
598
1.33
85
0.10
19. Endocrine Disorders
575
1.28
1,454
1.75
20. Leukemia
558
1.24
196
0.24
21. Bladder Cancer
545
1.21
43
0.05
22. Falls
541
1.21
543
0.65
23. Stomach Cancer
484
1.08
361
0.43
24. Oesophagus Cancer
477
1.06
326
0.39
25. Liver Cancer
464
1.03
322
0.39
26. Skin Cancers
388
0.86
102
0.12
27. Other Neoplasms
378
0.84
20
0.02
28. Oral Cancer
371
0.83
156
0.19
29. Ovary Cancer
367
0.82
86
0.10
30. Other Injuries
347
0.77
1,532
1.84
31. Inflammatory/Heart
284
0.63
457
0.55
32. Peptic Ulcer Disease
216
0.48
442
0.53
33. Road Traffic Accidents
213
0.47
3,162
3.80
34. Drug Use
197
0.44
197
0.24
35. Uterin Cancer
156
0.35
99
0.12
36. Cervical Cancer
153
0.34
669
0.80
37. Congenital Anomalies
153
0.34
2,265
2.72
38. Diarrhoeal diseases
145
0.32
6,830
8.20
39. Multiple Sclerosis
132
0.29
16
0.02
40. Epilepsy
125
0.28
369
0.44
41. Low Birth Weight
116
0.26
4,908
5.89
42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
96
0.21
197
0.24
43. Rheumatoid Arthritis
84
0.19
11
0.01
44. Asthma
82
0.18
891
1.07
45. Skin Disease
79
0.18
144
0.17
46. Anemia
73
0.16
0
0.00
47. Violence
63
0.14
726
0.87
48. Schizophrenia
57
0.13
0
0.00
49. Fires
53
0.12
431
0.52
50. Drownings
37
0.08
570
0.68
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Denmark DENMARK   Benin BENIN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
28.82
15
1.08
180
2. Prostate Cancer
22.37
53
47.73
8
3. Breast Cancer
19.03
62
23.23
37
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.72
23
5.06
150
5. Pancreas Cancer
8.44
16
3.03
111
6. Ovary Cancer
5.69
41
2.43
165
7. Lymphomas
5.26
76
5.99
42
8. Leukemia
4.10
64
3.48
96
9. Stomach Cancer
3.96
130
6.49
83
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.89
46
6.30
26
11. Bladder Cancer
3.85
28
0.67
172
12. Liver Cancer
3.71
144
6.58
63
13. Oral Cancer
3.19
79
2.67
96
14. Skin Cancers
3.04
31
2.06
80
15. Cervical Cancer
2.70
154
22.59
31
16. Uterin Cancer
2.13
100
3.34
38
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.