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Denmark
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 Denmark and India 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.

India
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
India Population Pyramid
1,639,176,036
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Denmark DENMARK   India INDIA
  Denmark DENMARK   India INDIA
       
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
 
43.2
41.3
42.3
121
145
135
1970
70.9
75.9
73.3
3
7
4
 
50.1
48.5
49.3
119
136
124
1980
71.2
77.2
74.1
13
13
12
 
55.9
55.5
55.7
117
129
124
1990
72.0
77.7
74.8
24
25
26
 
59.3
60.0
59.7
125
134
130
2000
74.5
79.2
76.9
25
30
27
 
61.7
63.4
62.5
119
130
128
2010
77.1
81.3
79.2
25
29
28
 
65.3
67.6
66.4
116
132
126
2019
79.6
83.0
81.3
21
30
26
 
69.5
72.2
70.8
107
122
117
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Denmark DENMARK   India INDIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
79.6
83.0
21
30
69.5
72.2
107
122
Age
79.6
83.0
21
30
69.5
72.2
107
122
Age 5
79.9
83.3
22
31
71.9
74.7
98
119
Age 10
79.9
83.3
22
31
72.1
74.9
98
120
Age 15
80.0
83.3
22
32
72.2
75.1
96
120
Age 20
80.0
83.4
22
32
72.4
75.4
98
118
Age 25
80.1
83.4
24
32
72.8
75.7
97
116
Age 30
80.2
83.4
25
32
73.2
76.0
97
116
Age 35
80.4
83.5
25
33
73.6
76.3
94
115
Age 40
80.5
83.6
25
33
74.2
76.7
93
115
Age 45
80.7
83.8
26
33
74.9
77.1
91
113
Age 50
81.0
84.0
28
34
75.7
77.7
91
115
Age 55
81.5
84.3
30
35
76.7
78.5
87
113
Age 60
82.3
84.9
30
36
78.1
79.5
85
110
Age 65
83.3
85.6
33
37
79.7
80.9
84
106
Age 70
84.6
86.5
34
37
81.7
82.6
88
106
Age 75
86.1
87.6
36
40
84.0
84.7
84
104
Age 80
87.9
89.1
48
43
86.7
87.1
86
109
Age 85
90.2
91.0
67
57
90.1
90.4
77
95
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Denmark DENMARK   India INDIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
36.00
178
140.72
55
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
29.41
11
14.60
137
3. Lung Disease
29.30
56
87.90
3
4. Lung Cancers
28.82
15
7.82
117
5. Stroke
23.60
160
64.97
113
6. Prostate Cancer
22.37
53
6.69
147
7. Breast Cancer
19.03
62
13.62
125
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.72
23
7.03
118
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.49
144
35.30
77
10. Diabetes Mellitus
9.05
147
25.49
97
11. Pancreas Cancer
8.44
16
2.97
113
12. Suicide
7.63
106
12.91
41
13. Liver Disease
6.98
151
22.24
83
14. Alcohol
6.10
13
1.81
68
15. Kidney Disease
5.79
161
19.90
107
16. Ovary Cancer
5.69
41
3.73
120
17. Lymphomas
5.26
76
3.44
136
18. Endocrine Disorders
4.43
75
1.29
169
19. Leukemia
4.10
64
2.79
129
20. Stomach Cancer
3.96
130
7.07
76
21. Oesophagus Cancer
3.89
46
3.40
57
22. Hypertension
3.86
162
10.68
128
23. Bladder Cancer
3.85
28
1.34
140
24. Parkinson's Disease
3.79
111
4.57
65
25. Liver Cancer
3.71
144
2.67
175
26. Falls
3.55
136
21.87
1
27. Oral Cancer
3.19
79
11.45
6
28. Drug Use
3.09
26
0.94
119
29. Skin Cancers
3.04
31
0.47
164
30. Road Traffic Accidents
3.00
169
16.33
90
31. Cervical Cancer
2.70
154
7.46
100
32. Other Injuries
2.56
175
12.19
44
33. Other Neoplasms
2.50
41
0.28
145
34. Low Birth Weight
2.39
136
11.98
19
35. Inflammatory/Heart
2.39
155
1.12
182
36. Congenital Anomalies
2.33
172
4.70
122
37. Uterin Cancer
2.13
100
1.19
155
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.46
134
6.24
42
39. Epilepsy
1.24
121
2.44
47
40. Multiple Sclerosis
1.19
3
0.19
96
41. Violence
1.08
151
3.84
104
42. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.88
142
64.45
20
43. Asthma
0.59
157
18.49
24
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.58
147
10.94
8
45. Fires
0.53
138
1.84
79
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.53
45
1.19
4
47. Schizophrenia
0.52
7
0.00
109
48. Skin Disease
0.51
140
1.62
92
49. Drownings
0.46
174
3.76
51
50. Birth Trauma
0.44
155
5.11
64
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Denmark DENMARK   India INDIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
5,341
11.90
1.52m
17.94
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
5,218
11.62
126,593
1.49
3. Lung Disease
4,387
9.77
879,732
10.38
4. Lung Cancers
3,721
8.29
88,276
1.04
5. Stroke
3,662
8.16
697,038
8.23
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,244
5.00
392,425
4.63
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,147
4.78
77,368
0.91
8. Prostate Cancer
1,480
3.30
30,945
0.37
9. Breast Cancer
1,299
2.89
82,821
0.98
10. Diabetes Mellitus
1,284
2.86
271,495
3.20
11. Pancreas Cancer
1,096
2.44
32,812
0.39
12. Kidney Disease
911
2.03
222,903
2.63
13. Lymphomas
730
1.63
40,159
0.47
14. Liver Disease
692
1.54
268,580
3.17
15. Hypertension
642
1.43
108,050
1.28
16. Suicide
617
1.37
173,347
2.05
17. Parkinson's Disease
600
1.34
43,398
0.51
18. Alcohol
598
1.33
23,097
0.27
19. Endocrine Disorders
575
1.28
15,264
0.18
20. Leukemia
558
1.24
33,383
0.39
21. Bladder Cancer
545
1.21
14,081
0.17
22. Falls
541
1.21
225,755
2.66
23. Stomach Cancer
484
1.08
81,058
0.96
24. Oesophagus Cancer
477
1.06
38,898
0.46
25. Liver Cancer
464
1.03
30,369
0.36
26. Skin Cancers
388
0.86
5,054
0.06
27. Other Neoplasms
378
0.84
2,968
0.04
28. Oral Cancer
371
0.83
134,187
1.58
29. Ovary Cancer
367
0.82
21,947
0.26
30. Other Injuries
347
0.77
149,570
1.77
31. Inflammatory/Heart
284
0.63
12,651
0.15
32. Peptic Ulcer Disease
216
0.48
68,108
0.80
33. Road Traffic Accidents
213
0.47
212,596
2.51
34. Drug Use
197
0.44
11,747
0.14
35. Uterin Cancer
156
0.35
6,841
0.08
36. Cervical Cancer
153
0.34
45,319
0.53
37. Congenital Anomalies
153
0.34
82,769
0.98
38. Diarrhoeal diseases
145
0.32
670,315
7.91
39. Multiple Sclerosis
132
0.29
2,328
0.03
40. Epilepsy
125
0.28
30,307
0.36
41. Low Birth Weight
116
0.26
238,739
2.82
42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
96
0.21
126,079
1.49
43. Rheumatoid Arthritis
84
0.19
11,931
0.14
44. Asthma
82
0.18
196,051
2.31
45. Skin Disease
79
0.18
17,857
0.21
46. Anemia
73
0.16
0
0.00
47. Violence
63
0.14
51,767
0.61
48. Schizophrenia
57
0.13
0
0.00
49. Fires
53
0.12
23,265
0.27
50. Drownings
37
0.08
48,774
0.58
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Denmark DENMARK   India INDIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
28.82
15
7.82
117
2. Prostate Cancer
22.37
53
6.69
147
3. Breast Cancer
19.03
62
13.62
125
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.72
23
7.03
118
5. Pancreas Cancer
8.44
16
2.97
113
6. Ovary Cancer
5.69
41
3.73
120
7. Lymphomas
5.26
76
3.44
136
8. Leukemia
4.10
64
2.79
129
9. Stomach Cancer
3.96
130
7.07
76
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.89
46
3.40
57
11. Bladder Cancer
3.85
28
1.34
140
12. Liver Cancer
3.71
144
2.67
175
13. Oral Cancer
3.19
79
11.45
6
14. Skin Cancers
3.04
31
0.47
164
15. Cervical Cancer
2.70
154
7.46
100
16. Uterin Cancer
2.13
100
1.19
155
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.