The Global Health Observatory Arm Of The World Health...

Country profiles Each of these country profiles was written based on indicators from the International Programs of the US Census Bureau and the reports of the Global Health Observatory arm of the World Health Organization. This data was compiled into Table 1 which can be found in Appendix 1. A list of the reports and websites appears in the Works Cited Section of the report. Denmark According to the UN M49, Denmark is a well developed country. A small but well functioning country, in 2014 it has an estimated midyear population of 5.6 million people, and a GDP per capita of 43,430 USD. With this high income, Denmark is able to spend roughly 6,000 USD per capita on health expenditures, amounting to roughly 10.1% of the GDP per capita. As a†¦show more content†¦More, people are protected from infection with only 6% of the life-years lost to premature death being attributed to communicable diseases. Together, communicable diseases, maternal, perinatal, and nutritional conditions account for only 7% of all deaths in the country. These can be attributed to high levels of care for environmental and public health, which is also indicated by the fact that roughly 100% of the Danish population has access to both clean water and improved sanitation, both protective against communicable diseases. Although Denmark has been remarkable in protecting its citizens from communicable diseases, deaths resulting from injury, childhood deaths, and deaths connected to pregnancy, all people must at some point die. As a result, 88% of life-years lost to premature death in Denmark are the product of long term, non-communicable disease, which makes up 90% of all death in the country. Cancer is the largest killer in Denmark, causing 32% of all deaths. This is followed by cardiovascular disease, which leads to 26% of all deaths. Both can be at least partially attributed to relatively high levels of obesity, with 18.7% of all men and 17.6% of all women being obese, with even more being overweight. This is typical of developed countries as people become accustomed to more sedentary lifestyles and high calorie foods. Iran