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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 Kenya 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.

Kenya
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%
Kenya Population Pyramid
91,575,092
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   Kenya KENYA
  Denmark DENMARK   Kenya KENYA
       
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
 
44.8
48.7
46.7
117
104
112
1970
70.9
75.9
73.3
3
7
4
 
50.4
54.6
52.5
117
108
112
1980
71.2
77.2
74.1
13
13
12
 
56.0
59.7
57.8
116
116
115
1990
72.0
77.7
74.8
24
25
26
 
57.4
61.4
59.4
131
128
131
2000
74.5
79.2
76.9
25
30
27
 
50.8
53.0
51.9
157
158
157
2010
77.1
81.3
79.2
25
29
28
 
58.9
61.7
60.3
149
151
151
2019
79.6
83.0
81.3
21
30
26
 
63.7
68.4
66.1
141
143
140
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Denmark DENMARK   Kenya KENYA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
79.6
83.0
21
30
63.7
68.4
141
143
Age 5
79.9
83.3
22
31
66.9
71.3
151
146
Age 10
79.9
83.3
22
31
67.2
71.6
152
148
Age 15
80.0
83.3
22
32
67.5
71.8
153
148
Age 20
80.0
83.4
22
32
67.9
72.1
153
148
Age 25
80.1
83.4
24
32
68.4
72.5
153
148
Age 30
80.2
83.4
25
32
68.9
73.0
155
148
Age 35
80.4
83.5
25
33
69.5
73.6
156
148
Age 40
80.5
83.6
25
33
70.3
74.4
154
146
Age 45
80.7
83.8
26
33
71.4
75.4
151
144
Age 50
81.0
84.0
28
34
72.7
76.6
149
142
Age 55
81.5
84.3
30
35
74.2
77.8
147
129
Age 60
82.3
84.9
30
36
76.0
79.1
144
124
Age 65
83.3
85.6
33
37
78.0
80.5
144
118
Age 70
84.6
86.5
34
37
80.3
82.2
139
119
Age 75
86.1
87.6
36
40
83.0
84.4
139
124
Age 80
87.9
89.1
48
43
86.0
87.0
138
124
Age 85
90.2
91.0
67
57
89.4
90.1
137
126
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Denmark DENMARK   Kenya KENYA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
36.00
178
72.70
144
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
29.41
11
18.35
76
3. Lung Disease
29.30
56
26.82
68
4. Lung Cancers
28.82
15
3.20
156
5. Stroke
23.60
160
92.66
81
6. Prostate Cancer
22.37
53
24.17
51
7. Breast Cancer
19.03
62
19.76
51
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.72
23
6.74
123
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.49
144
85.68
38
10. Diabetes Mellitus
9.05
147
30.43
88
11. Pancreas Cancer
8.44
16
3.59
96
12. Suicide
7.63
106
11.01
60
13. Liver Disease
6.98
151
57.44
6
14. Alcohol
6.10
13
1.41
88
15. Kidney Disease
5.79
161
23.30
91
16. Ovary Cancer
5.69
41
6.41
25
17. Lymphomas
5.26
76
7.26
17
18. Endocrine Disorders
4.43
75
2.69
125
19. Leukemia
4.10
64
4.48
44
20. Stomach Cancer
3.96
130
10.16
43
21. Oesophagus Cancer
3.89
46
20.37
2
22. Hypertension
3.86
162
28.53
47
23. Bladder Cancer
3.85
28
1.69
115
24. Parkinson's Disease
3.79
111
3.79
112
25. Liver Cancer
3.71
144
5.77
82
26. Falls
3.55
136
7.89
53
27. Oral Cancer
3.19
79
7.82
13
28. Drug Use
3.09
26
0.39
171
29. Skin Cancers
3.04
31
3.16
26
30. Road Traffic Accidents
3.00
169
48.00
12
31. Cervical Cancer
2.70
154
24.71
26
32. Other Injuries
2.56
175
12.36
42
33. Other Neoplasms
2.50
41
0.35
120
34. Low Birth Weight
2.39
136
8.13
53
35. Inflammatory/Heart
2.39
155
4.22
105
36. Congenital Anomalies
2.33
172
6.20
86
37. Uterin Cancer
2.13
100
3.07
51
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.46
134
4.78
61
39. Epilepsy
1.24
121
2.27
52
40. Multiple Sclerosis
1.19
3
0.13
130
41. Violence
1.08
151
7.07
65
42. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.88
142
53.46
31
43. Asthma
0.59
157
9.95
65
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.58
147
1.74
79
45. Fires
0.53
138
3.66
34
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.53
45
0.53
43
47. Schizophrenia
0.52
7
0.00
116
48. Skin Disease
0.51
140
2.15
56
49. Drownings
0.46
174
2.27
103
50. Birth Trauma
0.44
155
8.50
38
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Denmark DENMARK   Kenya KENYA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
5,341
11.90
11,972
4.54
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
5,218
11.62
1,827
0.69
3. Lung Disease
4,387
9.77
4,280
1.62
4. Lung Cancers
3,721
8.29
669
0.25
5. Stroke
3,662
8.16
15,895
6.03
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,244
5.00
22,571
8.57
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,147
4.78
1,477
0.56
8. Prostate Cancer
1,480
3.30
1,292
0.49
9. Breast Cancer
1,299
2.89
2,658
1.01
10. Diabetes Mellitus
1,284
2.86
5,651
2.15
11. Pancreas Cancer
1,096
2.44
716
0.27
12. Kidney Disease
911
2.03
4,464
1.69
13. Lymphomas
730
1.63
1,931
0.73
14. Liver Disease
692
1.54
13,405
5.09
15. Hypertension
642
1.43
4,418
1.68
16. Suicide
617
1.37
3,214
1.22
17. Parkinson's Disease
600
1.34
470
0.18
18. Alcohol
598
1.33
355
0.13
19. Endocrine Disorders
575
1.28
831
0.32
20. Leukemia
558
1.24
1,327
0.50
21. Bladder Cancer
545
1.21
318
0.12
22. Falls
541
1.21
1,465
0.56
23. Stomach Cancer
484
1.08
2,010
0.76
24. Oesophagus Cancer
477
1.06
4,373
1.66
25. Liver Cancer
464
1.03
1,351
0.51
26. Skin Cancers
388
0.86
638
0.24
27. Other Neoplasms
378
0.84
60
0.02
28. Oral Cancer
371
0.83
1,842
0.70
29. Ovary Cancer
367
0.82
795
0.30
30. Other Injuries
347
0.77
4,336
1.65
31. Inflammatory/Heart
284
0.63
1,121
0.43
32. Peptic Ulcer Disease
216
0.48
1,089
0.41
33. Road Traffic Accidents
213
0.47
14,883
5.65
34. Drug Use
197
0.44
113
0.04
35. Uterin Cancer
156
0.35
323
0.12
36. Cervical Cancer
153
0.34
3,389
1.29
37. Congenital Anomalies
153
0.34
6,115
2.32
38. Diarrhoeal diseases
145
0.32
15,420
5.85
39. Multiple Sclerosis
132
0.29
39
0.01
40. Epilepsy
125
0.28
832
0.32
41. Low Birth Weight
116
0.26
9,562
3.63
42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
96
0.21
408
0.15
43. Rheumatoid Arthritis
84
0.19
84
0.03
44. Asthma
82
0.18
2,300
0.87
45. Skin Disease
79
0.18
455
0.17
46. Anemia
73
0.16
0
0.00
47. Violence
63
0.14
2,942
1.12
48. Schizophrenia
57
0.13
0
0.00
49. Fires
53
0.12
1,316
0.50
50. Drownings
37
0.08
1,200
0.46
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Denmark DENMARK   Kenya KENYA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
28.82
15
3.20
156
2. Prostate Cancer
22.37
53
24.17
51
3. Breast Cancer
19.03
62
19.76
51
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.72
23
6.74
123
5. Pancreas Cancer
8.44
16
3.59
96
6. Ovary Cancer
5.69
41
6.41
25
7. Lymphomas
5.26
76
7.26
17
8. Leukemia
4.10
64
4.48
44
9. Stomach Cancer
3.96
130
10.16
43
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.89
46
20.37
2
11. Bladder Cancer
3.85
28
1.69
115
12. Liver Cancer
3.71
144
5.77
82
13. Oral Cancer
3.19
79
7.82
13
14. Skin Cancers
3.04
31
3.16
26
15. Cervical Cancer
2.70
154
24.71
26
16. Uterin Cancer
2.13
100
3.07
51
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.