As of 2012[update], Denmark had alife expectancy of 79.5 years at birth (77 for men, 82 for women), up from 75 years in 1990.[1] Thisranks it 37th among 193 nations, behind the otherNordic countries. TheNational Institute of Public Health of theUniversity of Southern Denmark has calculated 19 major risk factors among Danes that contribute to a lowering of the life expectancy; this includes smoking, alcohol,drug abuse andphysical inactivity.[2] The large number of Danes becomingoverweight is an increasing problem and results in an annual additional consumption in the health care system ofDKK 1,625 million.[2] In a 2012 study, Denmark had the highestcancer rate of all countries listed by the World Cancer Research Fund International; researchers suggest the reasons are better reporting, but also lifestyle factors like heavy alcohol consumption, smoking and physical inactivity.[3][4] Denmark had the second highest death rate from alcohol of any region in Europe in 2015 at 6.9 per 100,000 population.[5]
A new measure of expectedhuman capital calculated for 195 countries from 1990 to 2016 and defined for each birth cohort as the expected years lived from age 20 to 64 years and adjusted for educational attainment, learning or education quality, and functional health status was published by theLancet in September 2018. Denmark had the third highest level of expected human capital with 27 health, education, and learning-adjusted expected years lived between age 20 and 64 years.[6]
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