Denmark's life expectancy rose from 75.2 yrs in 1995 to 82.3 yrs in 2024.
Denmark · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Denmark's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 66.7 yrs in 2000 to 70.1 yrs in 2021.
Denmark's infant mortality fell from 5.4 ‰ in 1995 to 3.5 ‰ in 2024.
Denmark's under-5 mortality rate fell from 6.5 ‰ in 1995 to 4.0 ‰ in 2024.
Denmark's maternal mortality ratio fell from 12.0 /100k in 1994 to 4.0 /100k in 2023.
Denmark's ncd mortality fell from 18.4 % in 2000 to 10.7 % in 2021.
Denmark's suicide mortality rate fell from 15.5 /100k in 2000 to 10.5 /100k in 2021.
Denmark's mortality caused by road traffic injury fell from 9.6 /100k in 2000 to 3.7 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingdown −0.2 pts12th of 22
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)up +3.6 %6th of 22
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)down −0.1 pts9th of 22
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- Physiciansup +2.8 %13th of 127*
- Nurses and midwivesup +1.4 %11th of 120*
- Hospital bedsdown −2.0 %42nd of 75
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)down −1.0 pts68th of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)down −1.0 pts48th of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)unchanged +0.0 pts1st of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisdown −8.6 %20th of 208
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- Safe drinking waterup +0.0 pts13th of 148
- Safe sanitationup +0.1 pts10th of 141