Causes of death - standardised death rate by country

Countries reporting
42
Highest
1,734 Rate
North Macedonia
Lowest
876.3 Rate
Switzerland
Median
1,056 Rate
Years covered
17
1994–2010
Data points
674

What the numbers show

Causes of death - standardised death rate is currently reported for 42 countries. The highest value is 1,734 Rate in North Macedonia; the lowest is 876.3 Rate in Switzerland.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,056 Rate, and the mean is 1,199 Rate.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Causes of death - standardised death rate: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 North Macedonia 1,734 Rate 2010 down 9.0% falling
2 Bulgaria 1,688 Rate 2010 down 17.3% falling
3 Latvia 1,622 Rate 2010 down 13.1% falling
3 Latvia 1,622 Rate 2010 down 13.1% falling
5 Romania 1,586 Rate 2010 down 14.9% falling
6 Lithuania 1,558 Rate 2010 down 5.5% falling
6 Lithuania 1,558 Rate 2010 down 5.5% falling
8 Hungary 1,526 Rate 2010 down 15.0% falling
9 Slovakia 1,507 Rate 2010 down 13.1% falling
9 Slovakia 1,507 Rate 2010 down 13.1% falling
11 Croatia 1,444 Rate 2010 down 13.2% falling
11 Croatia 1,444 Rate 2010 down 13.2% falling
13 Estonia 1,361 Rate 2010 down 25.2% falling
13 Estonia 1,361 Rate 2010 down 25.2% falling
15 Poland 1,328 Rate 2010 down 17.9% falling
15 Poland 1,328 Rate 2010 down 17.9% falling
17 Czechia 1,307 Rate 2010 down 18.4% falling
18 Denmark 1,176 Rate 2009 down 15.3% falling
19 Slovenia 1,084 Rate 2010 down 22.9% falling
19 Slovenia 1,084 Rate 2010 down 22.9% falling
21 Portugal 1,076 Rate 2010 down 19.5% falling
22 Greece 1,036 Rate 2010 down 22.1% falling
23 Finland 1,034 Rate 2010 down 18.5% falling
24 Germany 1,033 Rate 2010 down 14.8% falling
25 Belgium 1,032 Rate 2010 down 18.6% falling
26 United Kingdom 1,016 Rate 2010 down 19.3% falling
26 United Kingdom 1,016 Rate 2010 down 19.3% falling
28 Netherlands 1,011 Rate 2010 down 20.4% falling
28 Netherlands 1,011 Rate 2010 down 20.4% falling
30 Ireland 1,007 Rate 2010 down 30.4% falling
31 Austria 999.9 Rate 2010 down 17.6% falling
32 Norway 992.1 Rate 2010 down 17.2% falling
33 Cyprus 979.6 Rate 2010 down 21.0% falling
34 Luxembourg 976.6 Rate 2010 down 17.6% falling
35 Sweden 972.7 Rate 2010 down 13.6% falling
36 Iceland 963.2 Rate 2009 down 18.4% falling
37 Malta 961.3 Rate 2010 down 27.0% falling
38 Italy 894.9 Rate 2010 down 18.1% falling
39 Spain 889.4 Rate 2010 down 19.8% falling
40 France 886 Rate 2010 down 17.4% falling
41 Metropolitan France 880.4 Rate 2010 down 18.5% falling
42 Switzerland 876.3 Rate 2010 down 18.0% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Causes of death - standardised death rate
Unit
Rate
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
44 places, 674 data points, 1994–2010
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