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Denmark
COUNTRY #1
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DENMARK VS COSTA RICA

Compare Denmark and Costa Rica 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.

Costa Rica
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
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Costa Rica Population Pyramid
5,772,686
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Denmark DENMARK   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
  Denmark DENMARK   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
       
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
  
60.5
63.3
61.9
56
54
56
1970
70.9
75.9
73.3
3
7
4
  
65.2
69.1
67.1
46
49
48
1980
71.2
77.2
74.1
13
13
12
  
70.5
75.0
72.7
18
30
24
1990
72.0
77.7
74.8
24
25
26
  
73.5
78.2
75.8
12
23
17
2000
74.5
79.2
76.9
25
30
27
  
75.3
80.0
77.6
19
25
21
2010
77.1
81.3
79.2
25
29
28
  
75.6
80.7
78.1
33
31
31
2019
79.6
83.0
81.3
21
30
26
  
78.3
83.4
80.8
32
27
30
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Denmark DENMARK   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
79.6
83.0
21
30
78.3
83.4
32
27
Age
79.6
83.0
21
30
78.3
83.4
32
27
Age 5
79.9
83.3
22
31
79.0
84.1
28
21
Age 10
79.9
83.3
22
31
79.1
84.2
28
21
Age 15
80.0
83.3
22
32
79.2
84.2
28
20
Age 20
80.0
83.4
22
32
79.5
84.3
28
20
Age 25
80.1
83.4
24
32
80.0
84.4
25
18
Age 30
80.2
83.4
25
32
80.4
84.6
23
16
Age 35
80.4
83.5
25
33
80.8
84.7
20
15
Age 40
80.5
83.6
25
33
81.2
84.9
20
15
Age 45
80.7
83.8
26
33
81.7
85.2
15
13
Age 50
81.0
84.0
28
34
82.2
85.5
14
11
Age 55
81.5
84.3
30
35
82.8
85.9
12
11
Age 60
82.3
84.9
30
36
83.6
86.4
10
11
Age 65
83.3
85.6
33
37
84.7
87.2
5
8
Age 70
84.6
86.5
34
37
85.9
88.0
5
8
Age 75
86.1
87.6
36
40
87.3
89.1
4
7
Age 80
87.9
89.1
48
43
89.1
90.5
6
7
Age 85
90.2
91.0
67
57
91.3
92.3
11
6
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Denmark DENMARK   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
36.00
178
40.74
171
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
29.41
11
11.59
153
3. Lung Disease
29.30
56
15.14
143
4. Lung Cancers
28.82
15
5.56
134
5. Stroke
23.60
160
24.44
158
6. Prostate Cancer
22.37
53
15.36
98
7. Breast Cancer
19.03
62
11.97
140
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.72
23
10.02
75
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.49
144
13.17
146
10. Diabetes Mellitus
9.05
147
14.87
125
11. Pancreas Cancer
8.44
16
4.73
71
12. Suicide
7.63
106
7.62
107
13. Liver Disease
6.98
151
6.24
156
14. Alcohol
6.10
13
2.21
55
15. Kidney Disease
5.79
161
23.41
90
16. Ovary Cancer
5.69
41
2.60
160
17. Lymphomas
5.26
76
5.89
48
18. Endocrine Disorders
4.43
75
3.05
107
19. Leukemia
4.10
64
4.57
39
20. Stomach Cancer
3.96
130
10.69
34
21. Oesophagus Cancer
3.89
46
0.96
157
22. Hypertension
3.86
162
12.84
115
23. Bladder Cancer
3.85
28
1.52
126
24. Parkinson's Disease
3.79
111
2.10
159
25. Liver Cancer
3.71
144
6.19
70
26. Falls
3.55
136
1.90
175
27. Oral Cancer
3.19
79
1.60
153
28. Drug Use
3.09
26
1.10
105
29. Skin Cancers
3.04
31
2.09
79
30. Road Traffic Accidents
3.00
169
14.00
103
31. Cervical Cancer
2.70
154
5.34
121
32. Other Injuries
2.56
175
8.81
79
33. Other Neoplasms
2.50
41
4.26
19
34. Low Birth Weight
2.39
136
3.45
117
35. Inflammatory/Heart
2.39
155
3.09
134
36. Congenital Anomalies
2.33
172
6.46
68
37. Uterin Cancer
2.13
100
2.50
80
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.46
134
1.16
146
39. Epilepsy
1.24
121
1.97
71
40. Multiple Sclerosis
1.19
3
0.19
98
41. Violence
1.08
151
12.02
40
42. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.88
142
1.36
121
43. Asthma
0.59
157
1.02
134
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.58
147
0.53
154
45. Fires
0.53
138
0.20
176
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.53
45
0.85
13
47. Schizophrenia
0.52
7
0.34
14
48. Skin Disease
0.51
140
1.88
76
49. Drownings
0.46
174
1.86
119
50. Birth Trauma
0.44
155
0.93
125
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Denmark DENMARK   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
5,341
11.90
2,639
13.10
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
5,218
11.62
818
4.06
3. Lung Disease
4,387
9.77
1,046
5.19
4. Lung Cancers
3,721
8.29
343
1.70
5. Stroke
3,662
8.16
1,624
8.06
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,244
5.00
836
4.15
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,147
4.78
621
3.08
8. Prostate Cancer
1,480
3.30
448
2.22
9. Breast Cancer
1,299
2.89
384
1.91
10. Diabetes Mellitus
1,284
2.86
953
4.73
11. Pancreas Cancer
1,096
2.44
294
1.46
12. Kidney Disease
911
2.03
1,482
7.35
13. Lymphomas
730
1.63
356
1.77
14. Liver Disease
692
1.54
370
1.84
15. Hypertension
642
1.43
863
4.28
16. Suicide
617
1.37
407
2.02
17. Parkinson's Disease
600
1.34
138
0.68
18. Alcohol
598
1.33
126
0.63
19. Endocrine Disorders
575
1.28
183
0.91
20. Leukemia
558
1.24
262
1.30
21. Bladder Cancer
545
1.21
100
0.50
22. Falls
541
1.21
116
0.58
23. Stomach Cancer
484
1.08
661
3.28
24. Oesophagus Cancer
477
1.06
61
0.30
25. Liver Cancer
464
1.03
382
1.90
26. Skin Cancers
388
0.86
137
0.68
27. Other Neoplasms
378
0.84
266
1.32
28. Oral Cancer
371
0.83
96
0.48
29. Ovary Cancer
367
0.82
80
0.40
30. Other Injuries
347
0.77
571
2.83
31. Inflammatory/Heart
284
0.63
191
0.95
32. Peptic Ulcer Disease
216
0.48
74
0.37
33. Road Traffic Accidents
213
0.47
746
3.70
34. Drug Use
197
0.44
63
0.31
35. Uterin Cancer
156
0.35
80
0.40
36. Cervical Cancer
153
0.34
159
0.79
37. Congenital Anomalies
153
0.34
315
1.56
38. Diarrhoeal diseases
145
0.32
87
0.43
39. Multiple Sclerosis
132
0.29
11
0.05
40. Epilepsy
125
0.28
116
0.58
41. Low Birth Weight
116
0.26
178
0.88
42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
96
0.21
32
0.16
43. Rheumatoid Arthritis
84
0.19
55
0.27
44. Asthma
82
0.18
60
0.30
45. Skin Disease
79
0.18
126
0.63
46. Anemia
73
0.16
25
0.12
47. Violence
63
0.14
635
3.15
48. Schizophrenia
57
0.13
21
0.10
49. Fires
53
0.12
10
0.05
50. Drownings
37
0.08
97
0.48
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Denmark DENMARK   Costa Rica COSTA RICA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
28.82
15
5.56
134
2. Prostate Cancer
22.37
53
15.36
98
3. Breast Cancer
19.03
62
11.97
140
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.72
23
10.02
75
5. Pancreas Cancer
8.44
16
4.73
71
6. Ovary Cancer
5.69
41
2.60
160
7. Lymphomas
5.26
76
5.89
48
8. Leukemia
4.10
64
4.57
39
9. Stomach Cancer
3.96
130
10.69
34
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.89
46
0.96
157
11. Bladder Cancer
3.85
28
1.52
126
12. Liver Cancer
3.71
144
6.19
70
13. Oral Cancer
3.19
79
1.60
153
14. Skin Cancers
3.04
31
2.09
79
15. Cervical Cancer
2.70
154
5.34
121
16. Uterin Cancer
2.13
100
2.50
80
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.