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Denmark
COUNTRY #1
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DENMARK VS DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Compare Denmark and Dominican Republic 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.

Dominican Republic
COUNTRY #2
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Denmark Population Pyramid
6,245,374
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Dominican Republic Population Pyramid
12,795,809
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Denmark DENMARK   Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
  Denmark DENMARK   Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
       
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
  
50.7
53.6
52.1
88
88
88
1970
70.9
75.9
73.3
3
7
4
  
57.0
60.4
58.6
85
87
86
1980
71.2
77.2
74.1
13
13
12
  
61.3
65.1
63.2
87
89
88
1990
72.0
77.7
74.8
24
25
26
  
65.6
70.6
68.0
84
89
91
2000
74.5
79.2
76.9
25
30
27
  
69.6
74.7
72.0
63
70
64
2010
77.1
81.3
79.2
25
29
28
  
69.7
75.9
72.7
92
86
90
2019
79.6
83.0
81.3
21
30
26
  
69.8
76.2
72.8
103
95
104
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Denmark DENMARK   Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
79.6
83.0
21
30
69.8
76.2
103
95
Age
79.6
83.0
21
30
69.8
76.2
103
95
Age 5
79.9
83.3
22
31
72.0
78.2
95
87
Age 10
79.9
83.3
22
31
72.1
78.3
96
88
Age 15
80.0
83.3
22
32
72.2
78.4
97
88
Age 20
80.0
83.4
22
32
72.5
78.5
95
88
Age 25
80.1
83.4
24
32
73.0
78.7
91
87
Age 30
80.2
83.4
25
32
73.5
79.0
90
80
Age 35
80.4
83.5
25
33
74.1
79.3
87
79
Age 40
80.5
83.6
25
33
74.8
79.7
85
77
Age 45
80.7
83.8
26
33
75.5
80.2
81
75
Age 50
81.0
84.0
28
34
76.5
80.7
79
72
Age 55
81.5
84.3
30
35
77.7
81.5
78
70
Age 60
82.3
84.9
30
36
79.0
82.4
72
68
Age 65
83.3
85.6
33
37
80.8
83.5
65
62
Age 70
84.6
86.5
34
37
82.8
84.8
62
60
Age 75
86.1
87.6
36
40
85.2
86.5
55
58
Age 80
87.9
89.1
48
43
87.7
88.2
53
64
Age 85
90.2
91.0
67
57
90.4
90.5
56
78
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Denmark DENMARK   Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
36.00
178
144.42
50
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
29.41
11
15.84
126
3. Lung Disease
29.30
56
13.00
153
4. Lung Cancers
28.82
15
12.65
92
5. Stroke
23.60
160
76.94
97
6. Prostate Cancer
22.37
53
35.41
21
7. Breast Cancer
19.03
62
28.28
14
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.72
23
8.53
95
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.49
144
20.03
116
10. Diabetes Mellitus
9.05
147
27.63
93
11. Pancreas Cancer
8.44
16
4.61
73
12. Suicide
7.63
106
5.12
141
13. Liver Disease
6.98
151
26.51
71
14. Alcohol
6.10
13
1.20
105
15. Kidney Disease
5.79
161
20.79
105
16. Ovary Cancer
5.69
41
1.73
177
17. Lymphomas
5.26
76
3.77
130
18. Endocrine Disorders
4.43
75
5.59
59
19. Leukemia
4.10
64
3.99
71
20. Stomach Cancer
3.96
130
5.54
98
21. Oesophagus Cancer
3.89
46
2.08
110
22. Hypertension
3.86
162
18.05
93
23. Bladder Cancer
3.85
28
0.91
159
24. Parkinson's Disease
3.79
111
4.27
82
25. Liver Cancer
3.71
144
6.73
60
26. Falls
3.55
136
3.93
126
27. Oral Cancer
3.19
79
4.35
51
28. Drug Use
3.09
26
1.53
66
29. Skin Cancers
3.04
31
1.71
104
30. Road Traffic Accidents
3.00
169
67.23
1
31. Cervical Cancer
2.70
154
10.82
79
32. Other Injuries
2.56
175
8.26
84
33. Other Neoplasms
2.50
41
0.35
119
34. Low Birth Weight
2.39
136
9.31
41
35. Inflammatory/Heart
2.39
155
2.98
138
36. Congenital Anomalies
2.33
172
7.20
49
37. Uterin Cancer
2.13
100
0.83
167
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.46
134
2.84
87
39. Epilepsy
1.24
121
1.51
97
40. Multiple Sclerosis
1.19
3
0.13
131
41. Violence
1.08
151
18.10
23
42. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.88
142
4.57
81
43. Asthma
0.59
157
4.26
94
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.58
147
1.17
104
45. Fires
0.53
138
1.27
99
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.53
45
0.40
75
47. Schizophrenia
0.52
7
0.00
91
48. Skin Disease
0.51
140
0.47
143
49. Drownings
0.46
174
2.29
100
50. Birth Trauma
0.44
155
5.51
59
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Denmark DENMARK   Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
5,341
11.90
14,986
21.98
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
5,218
11.62
1,808
2.65
3. Lung Disease
4,387
9.77
1,360
1.99
4. Lung Cancers
3,721
8.29
1,244
1.82
5. Stroke
3,662
8.16
7,882
11.56
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,244
5.00
2,254
3.31
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,147
4.78
851
1.25
8. Prostate Cancer
1,480
3.30
1,655
2.43
9. Breast Cancer
1,299
2.89
1,460
2.14
10. Diabetes Mellitus
1,284
2.86
2,762
4.05
11. Pancreas Cancer
1,096
2.44
456
0.67
12. Kidney Disease
911
2.03
2,121
3.11
13. Lymphomas
730
1.63
374
0.55
14. Liver Disease
692
1.54
2,680
3.93
15. Hypertension
642
1.43
1,894
2.78
16. Suicide
617
1.37
530
0.78
17. Parkinson's Disease
600
1.34
446
0.65
18. Alcohol
598
1.33
120
0.18
19. Endocrine Disorders
575
1.28
602
0.88
20. Leukemia
558
1.24
409
0.60
21. Bladder Cancer
545
1.21
92
0.13
22. Falls
541
1.21
435
0.64
23. Stomach Cancer
484
1.08
547
0.80
24. Oesophagus Cancer
477
1.06
200
0.29
25. Liver Cancer
464
1.03
664
0.97
26. Skin Cancers
388
0.86
172
0.25
27. Other Neoplasms
378
0.84
35
0.05
28. Oral Cancer
371
0.83
434
0.64
29. Ovary Cancer
367
0.82
89
0.13
30. Other Injuries
347
0.77
890
1.31
31. Inflammatory/Heart
284
0.63
312
0.46
32. Peptic Ulcer Disease
216
0.48
295
0.43
33. Road Traffic Accidents
213
0.47
6,937
10.17
34. Drug Use
197
0.44
156
0.23
35. Uterin Cancer
156
0.35
43
0.06
36. Cervical Cancer
153
0.34
560
0.82
37. Congenital Anomalies
153
0.34
1,038
1.52
38. Diarrhoeal diseases
145
0.32
504
0.74
39. Multiple Sclerosis
132
0.29
13
0.02
40. Epilepsy
125
0.28
158
0.23
41. Low Birth Weight
116
0.26
1,532
2.25
42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
96
0.21
123
0.18
43. Rheumatoid Arthritis
84
0.19
48
0.07
44. Asthma
82
0.18
441
0.65
45. Skin Disease
79
0.18
50
0.07
46. Anemia
73
0.16
0
0.00
47. Violence
63
0.14
1,917
2.81
48. Schizophrenia
57
0.13
0
0.00
49. Fires
53
0.12
139
0.20
50. Drownings
37
0.08
248
0.36
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Denmark DENMARK   Dominican Republic DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
28.82
15
12.65
92
2. Prostate Cancer
22.37
53
35.41
21
3. Breast Cancer
19.03
62
28.28
14
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.72
23
8.53
95
5. Pancreas Cancer
8.44
16
4.61
73
6. Ovary Cancer
5.69
41
1.73
177
7. Lymphomas
5.26
76
3.77
130
8. Leukemia
4.10
64
3.99
71
9. Stomach Cancer
3.96
130
5.54
98
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.89
46
2.08
110
11. Bladder Cancer
3.85
28
0.91
159
12. Liver Cancer
3.71
144
6.73
60
13. Oral Cancer
3.19
79
4.35
51
14. Skin Cancers
3.04
31
1.71
104
15. Cervical Cancer
2.70
154
10.82
79
16. Uterin Cancer
2.13
100
0.83
167
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.