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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
DENMARK VS NETHERLANDS

Compare Denmark and Netherlands 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.

Netherlands
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
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Denmark DENMARK   Netherlands NETHERLANDS
      Denmark DENMARK   Netherlands NETHERLANDS
           
    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
    		  
    71.5
    75.4
    73.4
    1
    2
    2
    1970
    70.9
    75.9
    73.3
    3
    7
    4
    		  
    70.8
    76.5
    73.6
    4
    3
    3
    1980
    71.2
    77.2
    74.1
    13
    13
    12
    		  
    72.5
    79.2
    75.7
    4
    1
    2
    1990
    72.0
    77.7
    74.8
    24
    25
    26
    		  
    73.8
    80.1
    76.9
    10
    9
    7
    2000
    74.5
    79.2
    76.9
    25
    30
    27
    		  
    75.5
    80.6
    78.1
    14
    20
    17
    2010
    77.1
    81.3
    79.2
    25
    29
    28
    		  
    78.7
    82.7
    80.8
    13
    20
    14
    2019
    79.6
    83.0
    81.3
    21
    30
    26
    		  
    80.4
    83.1
    81.8
    13
    29
    19
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Denmark DENMARK   Netherlands NETHERLANDS
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    79.6
    83.0
    21
    30
    80.4
    83.1
    13
    29
    Age 5
    79.9
    83.3
    22
    31
    80.8
    83.5
    15
    29
    Age 10
    79.9
    83.3
    22
    31
    80.8
    83.5
    15
    29
    Age 15
    80.0
    83.3
    22
    32
    80.8
    83.5
    15
    29
    Age 20
    80.0
    83.4
    22
    32
    80.9
    83.6
    15
    29
    Age 25
    80.1
    83.4
    24
    32
    81.0
    83.6
    15
    30
    Age 30
    80.2
    83.4
    25
    32
    81.1
    83.7
    15
    30
    Age 35
    80.4
    83.5
    25
    33
    81.2
    83.7
    14
    30
    Age 40
    80.5
    83.6
    25
    33
    81.4
    83.9
    16
    30
    Age 45
    80.7
    83.8
    26
    33
    81.6
    84.0
    18
    32
    Age 50
    81.0
    84.0
    28
    34
    81.9
    84.2
    17
    32
    Age 55
    81.5
    84.3
    30
    35
    82.4
    84.6
    20
    32
    Age 60
    82.3
    84.9
    30
    36
    83.0
    85.1
    20
    32
    Age 65
    83.3
    85.6
    33
    37
    83.8
    85.9
    20
    33
    Age 70
    84.6
    86.5
    34
    37
    85.0
    86.7
    23
    32
    Age 75
    86.1
    87.6
    36
    40
    86.5
    87.9
    26
    34
    Age 80
    87.9
    89.1
    48
    43
    88.2
    89.3
    31
    36
    Age 85
    90.2
    91.0
    67
    57
    90.6
    91.2
    44
    50
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Denmark DENMARK   Netherlands NETHERLANDS
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    36.00
    178
    38.44
    175
    2. Alzheimers & Dementia
    29.41
    11
    33.78
    7
    3. Lung Disease
    29.30
    56
    21.59
    93
    4. Lung Cancers
    28.82
    15
    29.85
    13
    5. Stroke
    23.60
    160
    20.66
    167
    6. Prostate Cancer
    22.37
    53
    16.73
    81
    7. Breast Cancer
    19.03
    62
    19.00
    64
    8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    15.72
    23
    15.00
    27
    9. Influenza and Pneumonia
    13.49
    144
    9.84
    160
    10. Diabetes Mellitus
    9.05
    147
    5.62
    166
    11. Pancreas Cancer
    8.44
    16
    7.94
    23
    12. Suicide
    7.63
    106
    9.27
    84
    13. Liver Disease
    6.98
    151
    3.02
    174
    14. Alcohol
    6.10
    13
    2.12
    56
    15. Kidney Disease
    5.79
    161
    5.19
    164
    16. Ovary Cancer
    5.69
    41
    5.58
    47
    17. Lymphomas
    5.26
    76
    6.40
    28
    18. Endocrine Disorders
    4.43
    75
    3.26
    101
    19. Leukemia
    4.10
    64
    4.14
    62
    20. Stomach Cancer
    3.96
    130
    3.58
    139
    21. Oesophagus Cancer
    3.89
    46
    5.83
    29
    22. Hypertension
    3.86
    162
    1.62
    180
    23. Bladder Cancer
    3.85
    28
    3.42
    45
    24. Parkinson's Disease
    3.79
    111
    4.43
    72
    25. Liver Cancer
    3.71
    144
    3.18
    160
    26. Falls
    3.55
    136
    8.22
    46
    27. Oral Cancer
    3.19
    79
    2.16
    127
    28. Drug Use
    3.09
    26
    1.03
    115
    29. Skin Cancers
    3.04
    31
    2.94
    33
    30. Road Traffic Accidents
    3.00
    169
    2.83
    172
    31. Cervical Cancer
    2.70
    154
    1.76
    174
    32. Other Injuries
    2.56
    175
    3.51
    160
    33. Other Neoplasms
    2.50
    41
    4.24
    20
    34. Low Birth Weight
    2.39
    136
    1.38
    158
    35. Inflammatory/Heart
    2.39
    155
    3.02
    136
    36. Congenital Anomalies
    2.33
    172
    3.22
    153
    37. Uterin Cancer
    2.13
    100
    2.70
    73
    38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    1.46
    134
    0.31
    181
    39. Epilepsy
    1.24
    121
    1.13
    128
    40. Multiple Sclerosis
    1.19
    3
    0.97
    9
    41. Violence
    1.08
    151
    0.58
    174
    42. Diarrhoeal diseases
    0.88
    142
    1.18
    128
    43. Asthma
    0.59
    157
    0.39
    171
    44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    0.58
    147
    0.50
    157
    45. Fires
    0.53
    138
    0.18
    177
    46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    0.53
    45
    0.47
    60
    47. Schizophrenia
    0.52
    7
    0.30
    18
    48. Skin Disease
    0.51
    140
    0.60
    133
    49. Drownings
    0.46
    174
    0.48
    171
    50. Birth Trauma
    0.44
    155
    0.61
    143
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Denmark DENMARK   Netherlands NETHERLANDS
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    5,341
    11.90
    17,601
    13.87
    2. Alzheimers & Dementia
    5,218
    11.62
    18,148
    14.31
    3. Lung Disease
    4,387
    9.77
    9,567
    7.54
    4. Lung Cancers
    3,721
    8.29
    10,980
    8.66
    5. Stroke
    3,662
    8.16
    9,707
    7.65
    6. Influenza and Pneumonia
    2,244
    5.00
    4,946
    3.90
    7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    2,147
    4.78
    5,829
    4.60
    8. Prostate Cancer
    1,480
    3.30
    3,265
    2.57
    9. Breast Cancer
    1,299
    2.89
    3,535
    2.79
    10. Diabetes Mellitus
    1,284
    2.86
    2,386
    1.88
    11. Pancreas Cancer
    1,096
    2.44
    2,995
    2.36
    12. Kidney Disease
    911
    2.03
    2,530
    1.99
    13. Lymphomas
    730
    1.63
    2,511
    1.98
    14. Liver Disease
    692
    1.54
    936
    0.74
    15. Hypertension
    642
    1.43
    818
    0.64
    16. Suicide
    617
    1.37
    2,025
    1.60
    17. Parkinson's Disease
    600
    1.34
    2,120
    1.67
    18. Alcohol
    598
    1.33
    612
    0.48
    19. Endocrine Disorders
    575
    1.28
    1,055
    0.83
    20. Leukemia
    558
    1.24
    1,578
    1.24
    21. Bladder Cancer
    545
    1.21
    1,471
    1.16
    22. Falls
    541
    1.21
    4,131
    3.26
    23. Stomach Cancer
    484
    1.08
    1,361
    1.07
    24. Oesophagus Cancer
    477
    1.06
    2,145
    1.69
    25. Liver Cancer
    464
    1.03
    1,163
    0.92
    26. Skin Cancers
    388
    0.86
    1,024
    0.81
    27. Other Neoplasms
    378
    0.84
    1,831
    1.44
    28. Oral Cancer
    371
    0.83
    768
    0.61
    29. Ovary Cancer
    367
    0.82
    1,067
    0.84
    30. Other Injuries
    347
    0.77
    1,648
    1.30
    31. Inflammatory/Heart
    284
    0.63
    1,201
    0.95
    32. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    216
    0.48
    130
    0.10
    33. Road Traffic Accidents
    213
    0.47
    681
    0.54
    34. Drug Use
    197
    0.44
    231
    0.18
    35. Uterin Cancer
    156
    0.35
    566
    0.45
    36. Cervical Cancer
    153
    0.34
    266
    0.21
    37. Congenital Anomalies
    153
    0.34
    544
    0.43
    38. Diarrhoeal diseases
    145
    0.32
    584
    0.46
    39. Multiple Sclerosis
    132
    0.29
    295
    0.23
    40. Epilepsy
    125
    0.28
    289
    0.23
    41. Low Birth Weight
    116
    0.26
    167
    0.13
    42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    96
    0.21
    238
    0.19
    43. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    84
    0.19
    214
    0.17
    44. Asthma
    82
    0.18
    165
    0.13
    45. Skin Disease
    79
    0.18
    295
    0.23
    46. Anemia
    73
    0.16
    249
    0.20
    47. Violence
    63
    0.14
    107
    0.08
    48. Schizophrenia
    57
    0.13
    96
    0.08
    49. Fires
    53
    0.12
    49
    0.04
    50. Drownings
    37
    0.08
    98
    0.08
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Denmark DENMARK   Netherlands NETHERLANDS
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Lung Cancers
    28.82
    15
    29.85
    13
    2. Prostate Cancer
    22.37
    53
    16.73
    81
    3. Breast Cancer
    19.03
    62
    19.00
    64
    4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    15.72
    23
    15.00
    27
    5. Pancreas Cancer
    8.44
    16
    7.94
    23
    6. Ovary Cancer
    5.69
    41
    5.58
    47
    7. Lymphomas
    5.26
    76
    6.40
    28
    8. Leukemia
    4.10
    64
    4.14
    62
    9. Stomach Cancer
    3.96
    130
    3.58
    139
    10. Oesophagus Cancer
    3.89
    46
    5.83
    29
    11. Bladder Cancer
    3.85
    28
    3.42
    45
    12. Liver Cancer
    3.71
    144
    3.18
    160
    13. Oral Cancer
    3.19
    79
    2.16
    127
    14. Skin Cancers
    3.04
    31
    2.94
    33
    15. Cervical Cancer
    2.70
    154
    1.76
    174
    16. Uterin Cancer
    2.13
    100
    2.70
    73
    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.