Health in Denmark 794 indicators covering health for Denmark. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Death rate from pneumonia 27.61 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 27.1% 105th Deaths from meningitis 20.54 deaths 2021 down 50.8% 127th Number of deaths from HIV/AIDS 10.41 deaths 2021 down 46.2% 154th Death rate from HIV/AIDS 0.18 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 48.6% 166th Deaths from cancer 18,135 deaths 2021 up 9.6% 62nd Death rate from cancer 309.77 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 4.3% 7th Death rate from meningitis 0.35 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 53.3% 138th Total disease burden 1.72 million DALYs 2021 up 4.7% 114th Burden of disease 29,354 DALYs per 100,000 people 2021 down 0.3% 141st Rate of disease burden from drug use disorders 372.05 DALYs per 100,000 people 2021 down 4.4% 12th Respiratory infections death rate by age group 1.45 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 15.1% 92nd Respiratory infection death rate 19.41 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 up 51.9% 69th Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity in the population 6.9% 2023 up 16.9% 106th Male-to-female ratio of suicide rate 2.54 2021 down 14.0% 140th Share of women who smoke or use other tobacco 16.2% 2022 down 34.4% 46th Share of men vs. women who smoke or use other tobacco 17.9% 2022 down 36.3% 128th Share of men who smoke or use other tobacco 17.9% 2022 down 36.3% 128th Share of adults who smoke or use other tobacco in 2000 vs. 2022 17.0% 2022 down 35.6% 97th Prevalence of severe food insecurity in the population 2.4% 2023 up 140.0% 86th Share of population that cannot afford a healthy diet 0.8% 2024 down 11.1% 144th Child deaths from diseases caused by invasive pneumococcus 0 2015 down 100.0% 151st Number of new HIV infections 100 Cases 2024 down 50.0% 119th Reported deaths from rabies 0 Deaths 2022 — 61st Death rate due to road traffic injuries 3.7 per 100,000 population 2019 down 26.0% 170th Cholera case-fatality rate 0.0% 2016 — 37th Life satisfaction vs. life expectancy 81.93 years 2023 up 2.0% 39th Tuberculosis patients who tested positive for HIV 5 patients 2019 down 44.4% 129th Mortality caused by road traffic injury 3.7 per 100,000 population 2019 down 33.9% 171st Mortality caused by road traffic injury, female 2.1 per 100,000 female population 2019 down 38.2% 165th Mortality caused by road traffic injury, male 5.3 per 100,000 male population 2019 down 32.9% 170th Share of one-year-olds who received the inactivated polio vaccine 97.0% 2024 up 1.0% 52nd Peri-neonatal mortality by age of mother and parity, by NUTS 2 region 176 2023 down 28.5% 21st Fetal, peri- and neonatal mortality rates by NUTS 2 region of occurren 2.37 2023 down 44.2% 21st Bladder cancer death rate 3.03 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 29.0% 25th Cancer death rates by type 3.03 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 29.0% 25th Hospital discharges by diagnosis and NUTS 2 region, day cases, total n 348,445 2016 up 43.4% 13th Hospital discharges by diagnosis and NUTS 2 region, day cases, total n 183,256 2016 up 40.0% 13th Hospital discharges by diagnosis and NUTS 2 region, day cases, total n 165,189 2016 up 47.4% 12th Hospital days of in-patients by NUTS 2 region - females - historical d 2.26 million 2016 down 27.8% 19th Number of one-year-olds who have not received the inactivated polio vaccine 1,234 one-year-olds 2023 down 46.2% 140th Hospital days of in-patients by NUTS 2 region - males - historical dat 2.25 million 2016 down 17.9% 20th Hospital days of in-patients by NUTS 2 region - total - historical dat 4.50 million 2016 down 23.2% 20th Hospital discharges by diagnosis and NUTS 2 region, in-patients, total 830,085 2016 down 4.7% 18th Hospital discharges by diagnosis, NUTS 2 region, in-patients and total 440,622 2016 down 7.1% 18th Hospital discharges by diagnosis and NUTS 2 region, in-patients, total 389,463 2016 down 1.8% 17th Hospital discharges by diagnosis and NUTS 2 region, day cases, per 100 6,083 2016 up 36.2% 10th Hospital discharges by diagnosis and NUTS 2 region, day cases, per 100 6,365 2016 up 33.6% 11th Hospital discharges by diagnosis and NUTS 2 region, day cases, per 100 5,798 2016 up 39.3% 9th Liver cancer death rate 3.89 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 up 4.9% 67th Hospital discharges by diagnosis and NUTS 2 region, in-patients, per 1 14,492 2016 down 9.6% 14th Hospital discharges by diagnosis and NUTS 2 region, in-patients, per 1 15,305 2016 down 11.4% 13th Hospital discharges by diagnosis and NUTS 2 region, in-patients, per 1 13,670 2016 down 7.3% 13th Government health spending as a share of GDP 7.9% 2025 down 9.2% 16th Reported rate of new cervical cancer cases 8.87 per 100,000 women 2022 down 10.2% 21st Pancreatic cancer death rate 8.81 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 2.1% 9th Brain and nervous system cancer death rate 4.09 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 9.8% 24th Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against Streptococcus pneumoniae 96.0% 2024 up 3.2% 15th Pneumococcal vaccine vs. diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccine coverage 96.0% 2024 up 3.2% 15th How do death rates in each age group contribute to the overall sex gap in life expectancy? 0.9677 years 2019 up 3.9% 15th Death rate from unintentional poisoning 0 per 100,000 population 2021 down 100.0% 178th ← Previous Page 12 of 14 Next →