Australia vs Denmark: Potential years of life lost
Potential years of life lost over time
- Australia
- Denmark
How they compare
Denmark currently reports 3,576 Years per 100 000 persons against 3,438 Years per 100 000 persons in Australia, a difference of 138 Years per 100 000 persons.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 28th and Denmark ranks 27th of 36 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 2 and Denmark in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Denmark | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,666 Years per 100 000 persons | 9,629 Years per 100 000 persons | 2,037 Years per 100 000 persons | Australia |
| 1970s | 10,360 Years per 100 000 persons | 8,737 Years per 100 000 persons | 1,623 Years per 100 000 persons | Australia |
| 1980s | 7,638 Years per 100 000 persons | 8,328 Years per 100 000 persons | 689.64 Years per 100 000 persons | Denmark |
| 1990s | 5,783 Years per 100 000 persons | 7,357 Years per 100 000 persons | 1,574 Years per 100 000 persons | Denmark |
| 2000s | 4,416 Years per 100 000 persons | 5,681 Years per 100 000 persons | 1,264 Years per 100 000 persons | Denmark |
| 2010s | 3,684 Years per 100 000 persons | 4,147 Years per 100 000 persons | 463.38 Years per 100 000 persons | Denmark |
| 2020s | 3,492 Years per 100 000 persons | 3,592 Years per 100 000 persons | 100.67 Years per 100 000 persons | Denmark |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potential years of life lost, Australia or Denmark?
- Denmark, at 3,576 Years per 100 000 persons against 3,438 Years per 100 000 persons in Australia as of 2022.
- What is the difference in potential years of life lost between Australia and Denmark?
- 138 Years per 100 000 persons, with Denmark ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Denmark?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
- How do Australia and Denmark rank globally for potential years of life lost?
- Australia ranks 28th and Denmark ranks 27th of 36 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Potential years of life lost. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Potential Years of Life Lost (PYLL) is a summary measure of premature mortality which provides an explicit way of weighting deaths occurring at younger ages, which are, a priori, preventable. The calculation of PYLL involves summing up deaths occurring at each age and multiplying this with the number of remaining years to live up to a selected age limit. The limit of 75 years has been chosen for the calculations in OECD Health Statistics. The selected ICD categories presented in the OECD Health Statistics database are detailed in an Excel file available for download, with codes according to the Tenth revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) along with codes from other ICD revisions used in the WHO Mortality Database. Please refer to the Sources and Methods for detailed country-specific information.