European Union - Cause of death

Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions include infectious and parasitic diseases, respiratory infections, and nutritional deficiencies such as underweight and stunting.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 4.60
2010 4.52
2015 5.24
2019 5.55

Cause of death, by injury (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Injuries include unintentional and intentional injuries.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 5.52
2010 4.82
2015 4.51
2019 4.62

Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Non-communicable diseases include cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and congenital anomalies.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 89.88
2010 90.65
2015 90.25
2019 89.82

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%) in European Union was 8.76 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 11.87 in 2000, while its lowest value was 8.76 in 2019.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 11.87
2001 11.55
2002 11.34
2003 11.15
2004 10.75
2005 10.59
2006 10.32
2007 10.19
2008 10.03
2009 9.93
2010 9.72
2011 9.62
2012 9.55
2013 9.39
2014 9.20
2015 9.25
2016 9.08
2017 9.00
2018 8.91
2019 8.76

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%) in European Union was 16.06 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 23.30 in 2000, while its lowest value was 16.06 in 2019.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 23.30
2001 22.64
2002 22.21
2003 21.88
2004 21.05
2005 20.72
2006 20.21
2007 19.86
2008 19.38
2009 19.21
2010 18.78
2011 18.36
2012 18.11
2013 17.74
2014 17.24
2015 17.34
2016 16.95
2017 16.66
2018 16.41
2019 16.06

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%) in European Union was 12.35 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 17.47 in 2000, while its lowest value was 12.35 in 2019.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 17.47
2001 16.98
2002 16.67
2003 16.41
2004 15.82
2005 15.57
2006 15.18
2007 14.96
2008 14.62
2009 14.49
2010 14.15
2011 13.90
2012 13.77
2013 13.48
2014 13.16
2015 13.23
2016 12.94
2017 12.76
2018 12.59
2019 12.35

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 14.44

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 26.77

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 19.96

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) in European Union was 0.409 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.757 in 2001 and a minimum value of 0.403 in 2015.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 0.738
2001 0.757
2002 0.676
2003 0.697
2004 0.666
2005 0.695
2006 0.647
2007 0.596
2008 0.582
2009 0.564
2010 0.559
2011 0.505
2012 0.508
2013 0.465
2014 0.430
2015 0.403
2016 0.429
2017 0.449
2018 0.448
2019 0.409

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population) in European Union was 0.243 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.478 in 2001 and a minimum value of 0.243 in 2019.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of female deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 female population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 0.437
2001 0.478
2002 0.425
2003 0.422
2004 0.417
2005 0.426
2006 0.391
2007 0.361
2008 0.349
2009 0.346
2010 0.336
2011 0.320
2012 0.307
2013 0.307
2014 0.278
2015 0.276
2016 0.262
2017 0.275
2018 0.266
2019 0.243

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population) in European Union was 0.57 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.07 in 2000 and a minimum value of 0.56 in 2015.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of male deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 male population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 1.07
2001 1.07
2002 0.94
2003 0.99
2004 0.95
2005 1.01
2006 0.94
2007 0.87
2008 0.87
2009 0.82
2010 0.81
2011 0.72
2012 0.67
2013 0.66
2014 0.61
2015 0.56
2016 0.57
2017 0.63
2018 0.62
2019 0.57

Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) in European Union was 5.63 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7.38 in 2000 and a minimum value of 5.63 in 2019.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 7.38
2001 7.01
2002 7.19
2003 7.05
2004 6.85
2005 6.75
2006 6.42
2007 6.22
2008 6.29
2009 6.25
2010 6.25
2011 6.14
2012 6.26
2013 6.38
2014 6.20
2015 6.16
2016 5.76
2017 5.87
2018 5.79
2019 5.63

Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) in European Union was 17.36 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 22.75 in 2000 and a minimum value of 17.36 in 2019.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 22.75
2001 22.47
2002 22.61
2003 22.41
2004 21.87
2005 21.29
2006 20.64
2007 19.72
2008 20.52
2009 21.28
2010 21.03
2011 20.96
2012 21.19
2013 20.83
2014 20.09
2015 19.45
2016 18.58
2017 18.40
2018 18.03
2019 17.36

Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) in European Union was 11.34 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 14.87 in 2000 and a minimum value of 11.34 in 2019.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 14.87
2001 14.53
2002 14.70
2003 14.53
2004 14.18
2005 13.82
2006 13.37
2007 12.80
2008 13.21
2009 13.58
2010 13.43
2011 13.38
2012 13.55
2013 13.42
2014 12.97
2015 12.64
2016 12.01
2017 11.99
2018 11.76
2019 11.34

Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people)

The value for Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people) in European Union was 5.57 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 13.46 in 2000 and a minimum value of 5.57 in 2019.

Definition: Mortality caused by road traffic injury is estimated road traffic fatal injury deaths per 100,000 population.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Status Report on Road Safety 2018 through Global Health Observatory data repository.

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Year Value
2000 13.46
2001 12.99
2002 12.60
2003 11.76
2004 11.08
2005 10.59
2006 10.07
2007 9.96
2008 9.24
2009 8.17
2010 7.31
2011 7.22
2012 6.53
2013 6.05
2014 6.06
2015 6.05
2016 5.84
2017 5.76
2018 5.73
2019 5.57

Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene is deaths attributable to unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene focusing on inadequate WASH services per 100,000 population. Death rates are calculated by dividing the number of deaths by the total population. In this estimate, only the impact of diarrhoeal diseases, intestinal nematode infections, and protein-energy malnutrition are taken into account.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 0.267

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors