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Denmark
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Denmark and Botswana 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.

Botswana
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
Botswana Population Pyramid
3,509,813
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Denmark DENMARK   Botswana BOTSWANA
  Denmark DENMARK   Botswana BOTSWANA
       
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
 
48.9
52.5
50.7
95
91
92
1970
70.9
75.9
73.3
3
7
4
 
53.0
56.7
54.8
100
98
98
1980
71.2
77.2
74.1
13
13
12
 
58.5
62.6
60.5
101
102
101
1990
72.0
77.7
74.8
24
25
26
 
60.5
65.6
63.0
118
116
116
2000
74.5
79.2
76.9
25
30
27
 
47.9
47.7
47.8
168
177
173
2010
77.1
81.3
79.2
25
29
28
 
58.7
63.7
61.1
150
143
149
2019
79.6
83.0
81.3
21
30
26
 
59.0
65.5
62.2
174
160
171
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Denmark DENMARK   Botswana BOTSWANA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
79.6
83.0
21
30
59.0
65.5
174
160
Age
79.6
83.0
21
30
59.0
65.5
174
160
Age 5
79.9
83.3
22
31
61.8
68.1
176
173
Age 10
79.9
83.3
22
31
62.0
68.3
177
174
Age 15
80.0
83.3
22
32
62.1
68.4
177
174
Age 20
80.0
83.4
22
32
62.6
68.7
177
174
Age 25
80.1
83.4
24
32
63.2
69.2
178
174
Age 30
80.2
83.4
25
32
63.9
69.8
178
174
Age 35
80.4
83.5
25
33
64.9
70.7
177
173
Age 40
80.5
83.6
25
33
66.1
71.9
177
172
Age 45
80.7
83.8
26
33
67.7
73.3
176
169
Age 50
81.0
84.0
28
34
69.6
74.8
176
164
Age 55
81.5
84.3
30
35
71.8
76.4
174
159
Age 60
82.3
84.9
30
36
74.2
78.0
172
156
Age 65
83.3
85.6
33
37
76.7
79.7
171
150
Age 70
84.6
86.5
34
37
79.4
81.7
170
148
Age 75
86.1
87.6
36
40
82.4
84.0
166
145
Age 80
87.9
89.1
48
43
85.7
86.7
159
145
Age 85
90.2
91.0
67
57
89.2
89.9
155
144
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Denmark DENMARK   Botswana BOTSWANA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
36.00
178
133.53
65
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
29.41
11
18.91
71
3. Lung Disease
29.30
56
40.61
28
4. Lung Cancers
28.82
15
3.39
153
5. Stroke
23.60
160
133.30
30
6. Prostate Cancer
22.37
53
13.09
119
7. Breast Cancer
19.03
62
8.55
170
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.72
23
2.09
181
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.49
144
110.71
21
10. Diabetes Mellitus
9.05
147
99.86
9
11. Pancreas Cancer
8.44
16
1.33
159
12. Suicide
7.63
106
20.22
14
13. Liver Disease
6.98
151
30.38
56
14. Alcohol
6.10
13
1.92
62
15. Kidney Disease
5.79
161
38.81
24
16. Ovary Cancer
5.69
41
2.44
164
17. Lymphomas
5.26
76
4.43
104
18. Endocrine Disorders
4.43
75
6.51
44
19. Leukemia
4.10
64
0.76
174
20. Stomach Cancer
3.96
130
0.74
182
21. Oesophagus Cancer
3.89
46
8.01
18
22. Hypertension
3.86
162
39.78
24
23. Bladder Cancer
3.85
28
0.52
178
24. Parkinson's Disease
3.79
111
4.69
60
25. Liver Cancer
3.71
144
4.32
118
26. Falls
3.55
136
4.45
115
27. Oral Cancer
3.19
79
5.52
33
28. Drug Use
3.09
26
1.40
73
29. Skin Cancers
3.04
31
4.55
11
30. Road Traffic Accidents
3.00
169
30.39
48
31. Cervical Cancer
2.70
154
18.90
40
32. Other Injuries
2.56
175
11.76
48
33. Other Neoplasms
2.50
41
0.75
67
34. Low Birth Weight
2.39
136
10.36
34
35. Inflammatory/Heart
2.39
155
13.33
15
36. Congenital Anomalies
2.33
172
8.12
28
37. Uterin Cancer
2.13
100
1.23
153
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.46
134
7.00
32
39. Epilepsy
1.24
121
2.90
31
40. Multiple Sclerosis
1.19
3
0.19
93
41. Violence
1.08
151
18.25
22
42. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.88
142
30.71
49
43. Asthma
0.59
157
17.13
28
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.58
147
2.43
57
45. Fires
0.53
138
6.18
5
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.53
45
0.82
14
47. Schizophrenia
0.52
7
0.00
75
48. Skin Disease
0.51
140
2.52
37
49. Drownings
0.46
174
3.71
54
50. Birth Trauma
0.44
155
5.97
56
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Denmark DENMARK   Botswana BOTSWANA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
5,341
11.90
1,632
8.41
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
5,218
11.62
164
0.85
3. Lung Disease
4,387
9.77
482
2.48
4. Lung Cancers
3,721
8.29
45
0.23
5. Stroke
3,662
8.16
1,588
8.18
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,244
5.00
1,674
8.63
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,147
4.78
28
0.14
8. Prostate Cancer
1,480
3.30
45
0.23
9. Breast Cancer
1,299
2.89
68
0.35
10. Diabetes Mellitus
1,284
2.86
1,273
6.56
11. Pancreas Cancer
1,096
2.44
16
0.08
12. Kidney Disease
911
2.03
506
2.61
13. Lymphomas
730
1.63
77
0.40
14. Liver Disease
692
1.54
459
2.37
15. Hypertension
642
1.43
471
2.43
16. Suicide
617
1.37
370
1.91
17. Parkinson's Disease
600
1.34
47
0.24
18. Alcohol
598
1.33
31
0.16
19. Endocrine Disorders
575
1.28
103
0.53
20. Leukemia
558
1.24
13
0.07
21. Bladder Cancer
545
1.21
6
0.03
22. Falls
541
1.21
62
0.32
23. Stomach Cancer
484
1.08
10
0.05
24. Oesophagus Cancer
477
1.06
103
0.53
25. Liver Cancer
464
1.03
57
0.29
26. Skin Cancers
388
0.86
52
0.27
27. Other Neoplasms
378
0.84
9
0.05
28. Oral Cancer
371
0.83
70
0.36
29. Ovary Cancer
367
0.82
19
0.10
30. Other Injuries
347
0.77
216
1.11
31. Inflammatory/Heart
284
0.63
177
0.91
32. Peptic Ulcer Disease
216
0.48
90
0.46
33. Road Traffic Accidents
213
0.47
608
3.13
34. Drug Use
197
0.44
26
0.13
35. Uterin Cancer
156
0.35
9
0.05
36. Cervical Cancer
153
0.34
164
0.85
37. Congenital Anomalies
153
0.34
287
1.48
38. Diarrhoeal diseases
145
0.32
527
2.72
39. Multiple Sclerosis
132
0.29
3
0.02
40. Epilepsy
125
0.28
56
0.29
41. Low Birth Weight
116
0.26
447
2.30
42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
96
0.21
37
0.19
43. Rheumatoid Arthritis
84
0.19
11
0.06
44. Asthma
82
0.18
232
1.20
45. Skin Disease
79
0.18
30
0.15
46. Anemia
73
0.16
0
0.00
47. Violence
63
0.14
389
2.00
48. Schizophrenia
57
0.13
0
0.00
49. Fires
53
0.12
108
0.56
50. Drownings
37
0.08
83
0.43
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Denmark DENMARK   Botswana BOTSWANA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
28.82
15
3.39
153
2. Prostate Cancer
22.37
53
13.09
119
3. Breast Cancer
19.03
62
8.55
170
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.72
23
2.09
181
5. Pancreas Cancer
8.44
16
1.33
159
6. Ovary Cancer
5.69
41
2.44
164
7. Lymphomas
5.26
76
4.43
104
8. Leukemia
4.10
64
0.76
174
9. Stomach Cancer
3.96
130
0.74
182
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.89
46
8.01
18
11. Bladder Cancer
3.85
28
0.52
178
12. Liver Cancer
3.71
144
4.32
118
13. Oral Cancer
3.19
79
5.52
33
14. Skin Cancers
3.04
31
4.55
11
15. Cervical Cancer
2.70
154
18.90
40
16. Uterin Cancer
2.13
100
1.23
153
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.