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About 55,232 people died in Denmark in 2018 – the highest number since 2007, according to Danmarks Statistik, who attributed the increase to a particularly virulent influenza epidemic and an exceptionally hot summer.
As a result, the country's life expectancy (79 years for men and 82.9 years for women) has not increased for the first time since 1994.
However, the number of elderly people is increasing: 159,926 women and 103,820 men exceeded the age of 80 in January 2019, or 4.5% of the population.
Despite this shortfall, the men lead the charge. The number of men having reached the age of 90 has increased by 40.2% over the last decade, compared to 17% among women.
Better prepared!
This year's flu season should not be so deadly – the last year has been exacerbated by the national health service that has been administering the wrong vaccine – but it certainly has happened.
The number of calls to the emergency number 1813 doubled during the first week of February, although the authorities are certain that the public will be better vaccinated this year.
Two catch measles
Many adults are not vaccinated against measles, but with virtually no cases, this has never been a priority given the number of people under 40 protected.
However, two Danish adults have recently contracted the disease during a skiing holiday in the Val Thorens area of the French Alps – and the authorities advise Danish travelers to the country to be vaccinated.
All weil that end badly
Weil's disease, on the other hand, is in full swing. In the past two years, there have been 42 cases of Weil's disease – an infection caused by close contact with infected animals or rodents – compared to a normal average of 10 cases per year.
Symptoms range from mild influenza to more serious infections such as blood poisoning and high fever that can cause liver failure or meningitis and possibly death. Deaths are rare, however.
Experts speculate that a combination of climate change, increased numbers of rats and flooded sewers could be the cause. Most cases were recorded in Copenhagen.
Legions of cases
No one can explain why more and more people are contracting the much feared lung infection that is the legionnaire. The figures have doubled in 2017 and 2018 and the rate is much higher than the European average.
In 2017, 13 cases were reported in northern Jutland, 65 in southern Denmark, 43 in the capital region, 33 in Zeeland and 56 in central Jutland.
The bacterium tends to grow in warm fresh waters at temperatures between 20 and 50 degrees. It is therefore advisable for homeowners to check that their cold water is below 20 degrees and their hot water above 55 degrees.
Totally disturbing
But if an illness does not cause you, the cause may be innate. It is estimated that a quarter of the population is born with a conbad anomaly, which we tend to describe as a hole in the heart.
The condition usually refers to an opening in one of the walls separating the cavities from the heart, but the hole is normally closed in most cases shortly after birth.
Blood clots are a good indicator that someone may have a hole in the heart, which can be closed by a simple pain-free operation performed under local anesthesia.
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