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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 Vanuatu 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.

Vanuatu
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
Vanuatu Population Pyramid
556,750
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   Vanuatu VANUATU
  Denmark DENMARK   Vanuatu VANUATU
       
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
 
45.4
48.3
46.8
109
109
111
1970
70.9
75.9
73.3
3
7
4
 
51.3
54.4
52.8
110
109
108
1980
71.2
77.2
74.1
13
13
12
 
57.1
60.6
58.8
111
111
110
1990
72.0
77.7
74.8
24
25
26
 
62.0
65.0
63.5
111
119
113
2000
74.5
79.2
76.9
25
30
27
 
67.6
70.7
69.0
87
107
99
2010
77.1
81.3
79.2
25
29
28
 
69.3
72.9
71.0
94
107
99
2019
79.6
83.0
81.3
21
30
26
 
62.7
68.3
65.3
151
144
147
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Denmark DENMARK   Vanuatu VANUATU
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
79.6
83.0
21
30
62.7
68.3
151
144
Age
79.6
83.0
21
30
62.7
68.3
151
144
Age 5
79.9
83.3
22
31
64.5
70.0
169
158
Age 10
79.9
83.3
22
31
64.6
70.1
169
162
Age 15
80.0
83.3
22
32
64.8
70.3
169
163
Age 20
80.0
83.4
22
32
65.2
70.5
169
163
Age 25
80.1
83.4
24
32
65.8
70.8
169
165
Age 30
80.2
83.4
25
32
66.6
71.2
168
167
Age 35
80.4
83.5
25
33
67.5
71.6
168
167
Age 40
80.5
83.6
25
33
68.5
72.2
168
168
Age 45
80.7
83.8
26
33
69.7
73.0
168
172
Age 50
81.0
84.0
28
34
71.2
74.0
168
174
Age 55
81.5
84.3
30
35
72.9
75.2
168
175
Age 60
82.3
84.9
30
36
74.8
76.7
168
176
Age 65
83.3
85.6
33
37
77.2
78.5
166
176
Age 70
84.6
86.5
34
37
79.8
80.5
163
174
Age 75
86.1
87.6
36
40
82.6
83.0
163
173
Age 80
87.9
89.1
48
43
85.6
85.9
160
168
Age 85
90.2
91.0
67
57
89.0
89.2
165
170
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Denmark DENMARK   Vanuatu VANUATU
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
36.00
178
299.44
7
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
29.41
11
17.62
90
3. Lung Disease
29.30
56
78.03
7
4. Lung Cancers
28.82
15
8.83
109
5. Stroke
23.60
160
190.53
6
6. Prostate Cancer
22.37
53
14.31
108
7. Breast Cancer
19.03
62
13.78
124
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.72
23
4.85
152
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
13.49
144
59.97
58
10. Diabetes Mellitus
9.05
147
81.66
15
11. Pancreas Cancer
8.44
16
0.65
176
12. Suicide
7.63
106
20.97
13
13. Liver Disease
6.98
151
27.40
64
14. Alcohol
6.10
13
1.85
65
15. Kidney Disease
5.79
161
43.29
16
16. Ovary Cancer
5.69
41
3.60
126
17. Lymphomas
5.26
76
1.32
178
18. Endocrine Disorders
4.43
75
4.71
68
19. Leukemia
4.10
64
4.06
66
20. Stomach Cancer
3.96
130
2.91
160
21. Oesophagus Cancer
3.89
46
0.00
183
22. Hypertension
3.86
162
31.50
40
23. Bladder Cancer
3.85
28
1.17
144
24. Parkinson's Disease
3.79
111
9.71
3
25. Liver Cancer
3.71
144
14.32
16
26. Falls
3.55
136
7.87
55
27. Oral Cancer
3.19
79
0.61
180
28. Drug Use
3.09
26
0.24
179
29. Skin Cancers
3.04
31
0.00
183
30. Road Traffic Accidents
3.00
169
17.40
84
31. Cervical Cancer
2.70
154
11.35
72
32. Other Injuries
2.56
175
12.56
41
33. Other Neoplasms
2.50
41
0.48
89
34. Low Birth Weight
2.39
136
6.17
75
35. Inflammatory/Heart
2.39
155
5.91
68
36. Congenital Anomalies
2.33
172
9.24
16
37. Uterin Cancer
2.13
100
1.75
125
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.46
134
12.20
7
39. Epilepsy
1.24
121
2.01
68
40. Multiple Sclerosis
1.19
3
0.14
125
41. Violence
1.08
151
2.69
117
42. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.88
142
46.26
39
43. Asthma
0.59
157
29.89
7
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.58
147
16.53
4
45. Fires
0.53
138
1.74
82
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.53
45
0.17
139
47. Schizophrenia
0.52
7
0.00
179
48. Skin Disease
0.51
140
4.13
20
49. Drownings
0.46
174
12.56
4
50. Birth Trauma
0.44
155
2.94
84
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Denmark DENMARK   Vanuatu VANUATU
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
5,341
11.90
454
22.70
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
5,218
11.62
18
0.90
3. Lung Disease
4,387
9.77
108
5.40
4. Lung Cancers
3,721
8.29
15
0.75
5. Stroke
3,662
8.16
288
14.40
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,244
5.00
124
6.20
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,147
4.78
8
0.40
8. Prostate Cancer
1,480
3.30
9
0.45
9. Breast Cancer
1,299
2.89
13
0.65
10. Diabetes Mellitus
1,284
2.86
127
6.35
11. Pancreas Cancer
1,096
2.44
1
0.05
12. Kidney Disease
911
2.03
70
3.50
13. Lymphomas
730
1.63
3
0.15
14. Liver Disease
692
1.54
51
2.55
15. Hypertension
642
1.43
47
2.35
16. Suicide
617
1.37
54
2.70
17. Parkinson's Disease
600
1.34
12
0.60
18. Alcohol
598
1.33
4
0.20
19. Endocrine Disorders
575
1.28
9
0.45
20. Leukemia
558
1.24
9
0.45
21. Bladder Cancer
545
1.21
2
0.10
22. Falls
541
1.21
13
0.65
23. Stomach Cancer
484
1.08
6
0.30
24. Oesophagus Cancer
477
1.06
0
0.00
25. Liver Cancer
464
1.03
27
1.35
26. Skin Cancers
388
0.86
0
0.00
27. Other Neoplasms
378
0.84
1
0.05
28. Oral Cancer
371
0.83
1
0.05
29. Ovary Cancer
367
0.82
4
0.20
30. Other Injuries
347
0.77
30
1.50
31. Inflammatory/Heart
284
0.63
11
0.55
32. Peptic Ulcer Disease
216
0.48
18
0.90
33. Road Traffic Accidents
213
0.47
45
2.25
34. Drug Use
197
0.44
0
0.00
35. Uterin Cancer
156
0.35
2
0.10
36. Cervical Cancer
153
0.34
13
0.65
37. Congenital Anomalies
153
0.34
48
2.40
38. Diarrhoeal diseases
145
0.32
80
4.00
39. Multiple Sclerosis
132
0.29
0
0.00
40. Epilepsy
125
0.28
5
0.25
41. Low Birth Weight
116
0.26
43
2.15
42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
96
0.21
35
1.75
43. Rheumatoid Arthritis
84
0.19
0
0.00
44. Asthma
82
0.18
45
2.25
45. Skin Disease
79
0.18
7
0.35
46. Anemia
73
0.16
0
0.00
47. Violence
63
0.14
7
0.35
48. Schizophrenia
57
0.13
0
0.00
49. Fires
53
0.12
4
0.20
50. Drownings
37
0.08
35
1.75
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Denmark DENMARK   Vanuatu VANUATU
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
28.82
15
8.83
109
2. Prostate Cancer
22.37
53
14.31
108
3. Breast Cancer
19.03
62
13.78
124
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.72
23
4.85
152
5. Pancreas Cancer
8.44
16
0.65
176
6. Ovary Cancer
5.69
41
3.60
126
7. Lymphomas
5.26
76
1.32
178
8. Leukemia
4.10
64
4.06
66
9. Stomach Cancer
3.96
130
2.91
160
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.89
46
0.00
183
11. Bladder Cancer
3.85
28
1.17
144
12. Liver Cancer
3.71
144
14.32
16
13. Oral Cancer
3.19
79
0.61
180
14. Skin Cancers
3.04
31
0.00
183
15. Cervical Cancer
2.70
154
11.35
72
16. Uterin Cancer
2.13
100
1.75
125
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.