Malta - 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 8.04
2010 5.29
2015 6.26
2019 7.00

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 3.76
2010 3.47
2015 3.19
2019 3.25

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 88.20
2010 91.24
2015 90.55
2019 89.75

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 Malta was 8.20 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 11.90 in 2000, while its lowest value was 8.10 in 2014.

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 11.90
2001 11.60
2002 11.00
2003 10.50
2004 10.30
2005 10.20
2006 10.10
2007 9.90
2008 9.40
2009 9.10
2010 8.80
2011 8.60
2012 8.50
2013 8.20
2014 8.10
2015 8.10
2016 8.10
2017 8.20
2018 8.20
2019 8.20

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 Malta was 12.90 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 20.10 in 2000, while its lowest value was 12.80 in 2017.

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 20.10
2001 19.20
2002 18.20
2003 17.50
2004 16.80
2005 16.50
2006 16.10
2007 15.80
2008 15.50
2009 15.20
2010 14.80
2011 14.30
2012 13.80
2013 13.50
2014 13.50
2015 13.40
2016 13.10
2017 12.80
2018 12.90
2019 12.90

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 Malta was 10.50 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 15.80 in 2000, while its lowest value was 10.50 in 2017.

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 15.80
2001 15.20
2002 14.40
2003 13.90
2004 13.40
2005 13.20
2006 13.00
2007 12.80
2008 12.40
2009 12.10
2010 11.80
2011 11.50
2012 11.10
2013 10.90
2014 10.80
2015 10.70
2016 10.60
2017 10.50
2018 10.50
2019 10.50

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 15.00

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 26.00

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 20.20

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

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) in Malta was 0.100 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.500 in 2000 and a minimum value of 0.000 in 2005.

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 0.500
2001 0.400
2002 0.400
2003 0.200
2004 0.100
2005 0.000
2006 0.000
2007 0.000
2008 0.000
2009 0.000
2010 0.100
2011 0.100
2012 0.100
2013 0.000
2014 0.000
2015 0.000
2016 0.100
2017 0.200
2018 0.100
2019 0.100

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 Malta was 0.000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.500 in 2000 and a minimum value of 0.000 in 2004.

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 0.500
2001 0.300
2002 0.200
2003 0.200
2004 0.000
2005 0.000
2006 0.000
2007 0.000
2008 0.000
2009 0.000
2010 0.000
2011 0.000
2012 0.000
2013 0.000
2014 0.000
2015 0.000
2016 0.000
2017 0.000
2018 0.000
2019 0.000

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 Malta was 0.200 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.700 in 2002 and a minimum value of 0.000 in 2005.

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 0.600
2001 0.600
2002 0.700
2003 0.100
2004 0.200
2005 0.000
2006 0.000
2007 0.000
2008 0.000
2009 0.000
2010 0.100
2011 0.100
2012 0.200
2013 0.000
2014 0.000
2015 0.000
2016 0.300
2017 0.500
2018 0.200
2019 0.200

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

The value for Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) in Malta was 2.30 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4.50 in 2001 and a minimum value of 1.60 in 2008.

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 2.90
2001 4.50
2002 3.30
2003 3.80
2004 3.10
2005 2.90
2006 1.80
2007 1.90
2008 1.60
2009 1.60
2010 1.60
2011 2.20
2012 2.00
2013 2.70
2014 2.40
2015 2.70
2016 2.20
2017 2.00
2018 2.30
2019 2.30

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

The value for Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) in Malta was 9.80 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 13.60 in 2010 and a minimum value of 7.10 in 2003.

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 10.80
2001 10.00
2002 8.10
2003 7.10
2004 8.70
2005 8.30
2006 11.80
2007 9.20
2008 11.40
2009 12.20
2010 13.60
2011 11.40
2012 10.10
2013 11.00
2014 11.90
2015 11.60
2016 9.40
2017 8.90
2018 9.70
2019 9.80

Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) in Malta was 6.10 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7.50 in 2010 and a minimum value of 5.40 in 2003.

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 6.80
2001 7.20
2002 5.70
2003 5.40
2004 5.90
2005 5.60
2006 6.80
2007 5.50
2008 6.40
2009 6.90
2010 7.50
2011 6.80
2012 6.00
2013 6.80
2014 7.10
2015 7.20
2016 5.80
2017 5.50
2018 6.00
2019 6.10

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

The value for Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people) in Malta was 4.10 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6.00 in 2016 and a minimum value of 2.30 in 2014.

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 4.60
2001 4.80
2002 4.00
2003 4.50
2004 3.50
2005 4.20
2006 2.50
2007 3.90
2008 4.30
2009 5.30
2010 3.90
2011 4.80
2012 2.80
2013 4.70
2014 2.30
2015 2.80
2016 6.00
2017 4.90
2018 4.60
2019 4.10

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 0.100

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors