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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 Cyprus 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.

Cyprus
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%
Cyprus Population Pyramid
1,354,589
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%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Denmark DENMARK   Cyprus CYPRUS
  Denmark DENMARK   Cyprus CYPRUS
       
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
 
67.0
70.6
68.8
17
30
26
1970
70.9
75.9
73.3
3
7
4
 
69.5
72.5
71.0
8
34
20
1980
71.2
77.2
74.1
13
13
12
 
72.6
76.7
74.6
3
16
8
1990
72.0
77.7
74.8
24
25
26
 
74.1
78.6
76.3
7
18
14
2000
74.5
79.2
76.9
25
30
27
 
76.0
80.2
78.1
9
22
16
2010
77.1
81.3
79.2
25
29
28
 
77.4
81.7
79.5
22
28
27
2019
79.6
83.0
81.3
21
30
26
 
81.1
85.1
83.1
4
5
6
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Denmark DENMARK   Cyprus CYPRUS
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
79.6
83.0
21
30
81.1
85.1
4
5
Age
79.6
83.0
21
30
81.1
85.1
4
5
Age 5
79.9
83.3
22
31
81.3
85.3
4
7
Age 10
79.9
83.3
22
31
81.4
85.3
4
7
Age 15
80.0
83.3
22
32
81.4
85.4
4
7
Age 20
80.0
83.4
22
32
81.5
85.4
4
7
Age 25
80.1
83.4
24
32
81.6
85.4
4
7
Age 30
80.2
83.4
25
32
81.7
85.5
5
7
Age 35
80.4
83.5
25
33
81.8
85.5
8
7
Age 40
80.5
83.6
25
33
81.9
85.6
10
8
Age 45
80.7
83.8
26
33
82.1
85.7
11
8
Age 50
81.0
84.0
28
34
82.4
85.8
11
10
Age 55
81.5
84.3
30
35
82.8
86.1
13
10
Age 60
82.3
84.9
30
36
83.3
86.4
15
10
Age 65
83.3
85.6
33
37
84.1
86.9
17
12
Age 70
84.6
86.5
34
37
85.1
87.5
18
14
Age 75
86.1
87.6
36
40
86.6
88.3
20
18
Age 80
87.9
89.1
48
43
88.2
89.4
32
30
Age 85
90.2
91.0
67
57
90.5
91.1
52
51
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Denmark DENMARK   Cyprus CYPRUS
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
36.00
178
52.89
160
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
29.41
11
16.57
116
3. Lung Disease
29.30
56
15.39
140
4. Lung Cancers
28.82
15
16.60
73
5. Stroke
23.60
160
20.33
168
6. Prostate Cancer
22.37
53
12.52
121
7. Breast Cancer
19.03
62
15.03
116
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.72
23
8.30
97
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.49
144
4.24
182
10. Diabetes Mellitus
9.05
147
14.74
129
11. Pancreas Cancer
8.44
16
5.46
60
12. Suicide
7.63
106
3.18
160
13. Liver Disease
6.98
151
2.80
176
14. Alcohol
6.10
13
0.33
160
15. Kidney Disease
5.79
161
9.09
145
16. Ovary Cancer
5.69
41
4.52
86
17. Lymphomas
5.26
76
4.90
82
18. Endocrine Disorders
4.43
75
5.95
53
19. Leukemia
4.10
64
4.25
56
20. Stomach Cancer
3.96
130
3.29
146
21. Oesophagus Cancer
3.89
46
0.54
175
22. Hypertension
3.86
162
5.17
156
23. Bladder Cancer
3.85
28
3.21
51
24. Parkinson's Disease
3.79
111
1.88
165
25. Liver Cancer
3.71
144
3.28
157
26. Falls
3.55
136
2.57
162
27. Oral Cancer
3.19
79
1.07
173
28. Drug Use
3.09
26
0.92
124
29. Skin Cancers
3.04
31
1.96
88
30. Road Traffic Accidents
3.00
169
4.90
155
31. Cervical Cancer
2.70
154
1.95
168
32. Other Injuries
2.56
175
6.43
111
33. Other Neoplasms
2.50
41
2.47
42
34. Low Birth Weight
2.39
136
0.79
171
35. Inflammatory/Heart
2.39
155
2.68
147
36. Congenital Anomalies
2.33
172
1.43
182
37. Uterin Cancer
2.13
100
2.59
75
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.46
134
0.50
176
39. Epilepsy
1.24
121
0.56
173
40. Multiple Sclerosis
1.19
3
0.55
32
41. Violence
1.08
151
1.08
150
42. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.88
142
2.39
101
43. Asthma
0.59
157
1.04
132
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.58
147
1.62
83
45. Fires
0.53
138
0.24
170
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.53
45
0.45
65
47. Schizophrenia
0.52
7
0.09
47
48. Skin Disease
0.51
140
1.84
78
49. Drownings
0.46
174
2.00
116
50. Birth Trauma
0.44
155
0.33
171
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Denmark DENMARK   Cyprus CYPRUS
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
5,341
11.90
1,120
20.48
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
5,218
11.62
400
7.31
3. Lung Disease
4,387
9.77
355
6.49
4. Lung Cancers
3,721
8.29
319
5.83
5. Stroke
3,662
8.16
462
8.45
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,244
5.00
98
1.79
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,147
4.78
167
3.05
8. Prostate Cancer
1,480
3.30
118
2.16
9. Breast Cancer
1,299
2.89
155
2.83
10. Diabetes Mellitus
1,284
2.86
332
6.07
11. Pancreas Cancer
1,096
2.44
104
1.90
12. Kidney Disease
911
2.03
213
3.89
13. Lymphomas
730
1.63
97
1.77
14. Liver Disease
692
1.54
50
0.91
15. Hypertension
642
1.43
127
2.32
16. Suicide
617
1.37
44
0.80
17. Parkinson's Disease
600
1.34
44
0.80
18. Alcohol
598
1.33
5
0.09
19. Endocrine Disorders
575
1.28
126
2.30
20. Leukemia
558
1.24
83
1.52
21. Bladder Cancer
545
1.21
67
1.22
22. Falls
541
1.21
51
0.93
23. Stomach Cancer
484
1.08
63
1.15
24. Oesophagus Cancer
477
1.06
10
0.18
25. Liver Cancer
464
1.03
64
1.17
26. Skin Cancers
388
0.86
39
0.71
27. Other Neoplasms
378
0.84
53
0.97
28. Oral Cancer
371
0.83
21
0.38
29. Ovary Cancer
367
0.82
45
0.82
30. Other Injuries
347
0.77
136
2.49
31. Inflammatory/Heart
284
0.63
51
0.93
32. Peptic Ulcer Disease
216
0.48
11
0.20
33. Road Traffic Accidents
213
0.47
69
1.26
34. Drug Use
197
0.44
13
0.24
35. Uterin Cancer
156
0.35
27
0.49
36. Cervical Cancer
153
0.34
18
0.33
37. Congenital Anomalies
153
0.34
18
0.33
38. Diarrhoeal diseases
145
0.32
56
1.02
39. Multiple Sclerosis
132
0.29
9
0.16
40. Epilepsy
125
0.28
10
0.18
41. Low Birth Weight
116
0.26
6
0.11
42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
96
0.21
35
0.64
43. Rheumatoid Arthritis
84
0.19
10
0.18
44. Asthma
82
0.18
24
0.44
45. Skin Disease
79
0.18
44
0.80
46. Anemia
73
0.16
17
0.31
47. Violence
63
0.14
15
0.27
48. Schizophrenia
57
0.13
2
0.04
49. Fires
53
0.12
5
0.09
50. Drownings
37
0.08
33
0.60
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Denmark DENMARK   Cyprus CYPRUS
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
28.82
15
16.60
73
2. Prostate Cancer
22.37
53
12.52
121
3. Breast Cancer
19.03
62
15.03
116
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.72
23
8.30
97
5. Pancreas Cancer
8.44
16
5.46
60
6. Ovary Cancer
5.69
41
4.52
86
7. Lymphomas
5.26
76
4.90
82
8. Leukemia
4.10
64
4.25
56
9. Stomach Cancer
3.96
130
3.29
146
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.89
46
0.54
175
11. Bladder Cancer
3.85
28
3.21
51
12. Liver Cancer
3.71
144
3.28
157
13. Oral Cancer
3.19
79
1.07
173
14. Skin Cancers
3.04
31
1.96
88
15. Cervical Cancer
2.70
154
1.95
168
16. Uterin Cancer
2.13
100
2.59
75
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.