Denmark – Health Overview
Coordinated by the European Institute of Women’s Health
Map of Denmark
DENMARK – A HEALTH OVERVIEW
Demographic and Socio-Economic Trends
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
Total population (2007): 5,475,791
Female portion of population (2007): 50.50%
Age distribution (2007):
| Ages 0-14 | 18.6% |
| Ages 15-24 | 11.4% |
| Ages 25-49 | 34.7% |
| Ages 50-64 | 20.0% |
| Ages 65-79 | 11.2% |
| Age 80 and older | 3.5% |
Percentage of population over ages 0-14 (2001):
- Female: 17.96%
- Male: 19.37%
Percentage of population over age 65 (2001):
- Female: 17.03%
- Male: 12.57%
BASIC HEALTH
Life expectancy from birth (2006):
- 80.7 years female
- 76.1 years male
Caesarean sections per 1000 live births (2004): 202.51
Maternal mortality ratio per 100,000 live births(2005): 3
Percentage using contraception (1988): 78%
EMPLOYMENT
Employment rate ages 15-64 (2007):
- Female: 73.2%
- Male: 81.0%
Female employment rate:
- 2007: 69.1%
- 1997: 73.2%
Unemployment rate ages 15-64 (2007):
- Female: 4.2%
- Male: 3.5%
Average gross annual earnings of full-time employees in an enterprise with ten or more employees (2005):
- Female: 40,884.3
- Male: 50,675.7
LIFESTYLE
Percentage of population completed at least upper secondary education (2007): 75.5%
Marriage rate (2007): 6.7 per 1000 people
Divorce rate (2007): 2.6 per 1000 people
Health Issues
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
Deaths from stroke ages 0-64 (2001):
- – Female: 184
- – Male: 298
CANCER
Cancer death rate per 100,000 (2001):
- – Female: 197.3
- – Male: 253.1
Cervical cancer rate per 100,000 (2001):
- – Incidence: 15.25
- – Death: 4.12
Breast cancer rate per 100,000 (2001):
- – Incidence: 147.94
- – Death: 36.06
Women under 65 deaths from cancer (2001):
- – Stomach: 48
- – Colorectal: 169
- – Lung: 457
Age-standardized incidence rates of colorectal cancer per 100,000 (2006):
- Female: 48
- Male: 61
Age-standardized incidence rates of lung cancer per 100,000 (2006):
- Female: 48.7
- Male: 65.0
Age-standardized mortality rates of lung cancer per 100,000 (2006):
- Female: 40.32
- Male: 67.40
LIFESTYLE DISORDERS
Percentage binge drinking at least once a week: no data
Total alcohol consumption litres per capita(2003): 9.84
Number of cigarettes per person per year (2000): 1512.36
Percentage non-smokers (2003):
- female: 65.4%
- Male: 60.6%
Percentage daily smokers (2003):
- Female: 31.9%
- Male: 36.3%
Percentage overweight (1992):
- Female: 26%
- Male: 39.7%
Percentage obese (1992):
- Female: 11.3%
- Male: 12.5%
Low Energy Expenditure (2002):
- Female: 61.4%
- Male: 61.3%
MOBILITY DISORDERS
In progress
MENTAL HEALTH
In progress
SEXUAL HEALTH
In progress
CHRONIC DISABLING DISORDERS
In progress
HEALTHCARE
In progress
This resource has been compiled from a range of information to assist researchers by having a facility with all the necessary basic information in regard to health information in Europe and individual member countries.
This reseource has been assembled from information and data gathered from: Eurostat, WHO Europe Office and other sources.