OECD members - 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 7.48
2010 6.79
2015 7.05
2019 6.73

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 6.71
2010 6.35
2015 5.87
2019 5.92

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 85.81
2010 86.86
2015 87.08
2019 87.36

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 OECD members was 9.12 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 12.21 in 2000, while its lowest value was 9.12 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 12.21
2001 11.88
2002 11.68
2003 11.49
2004 11.12
2005 10.95
2006 10.65
2007 10.45
2008 10.34
2009 10.16
2010 9.98
2011 9.81
2012 9.72
2013 9.56
2014 9.45
2015 9.46
2016 9.44
2017 9.28
2018 9.20
2019 9.12

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 OECD members was 14.63 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 20.63 in 2000, while its lowest value was 14.63 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 20.63
2001 20.04
2002 19.65
2003 19.29
2004 18.67
2005 18.32
2006 17.83
2007 17.54
2008 17.23
2009 16.99
2010 16.65
2011 16.28
2012 16.01
2013 15.75
2014 15.48
2015 15.48
2016 15.39
2017 15.09
2018 14.85
2019 14.63

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 OECD members was 11.82 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 16.32 in 2000, while its lowest value was 11.82 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 16.32
2001 15.86
2002 15.59
2003 15.33
2004 14.83
2005 14.55
2006 14.18
2007 13.95
2008 13.71
2009 13.50
2010 13.22
2011 12.96
2012 12.79
2013 12.57
2014 12.41
2015 12.41
2016 12.34
2017 12.13
2018 11.94
2019 11.82

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 14.38

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 25.77

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 19.54

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

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) in OECD members was 0.349 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.483 in 2000 and a minimum value of 0.331 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 0.483
2001 0.474
2002 0.441
2003 0.441
2004 0.439
2005 0.470
2006 0.450
2007 0.432
2008 0.413
2009 0.395
2010 0.399
2011 0.386
2012 0.379
2013 0.364
2014 0.338
2015 0.331
2016 0.372
2017 0.371
2018 0.367
2019 0.349

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 OECD members was 0.218 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.309 in 2001 and a minimum value of 0.218 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 0.276
2001 0.309
2002 0.296
2003 0.283
2004 0.287
2005 0.280
2006 0.285
2007 0.272
2008 0.268
2009 0.252
2010 0.261
2011 0.254
2012 0.241
2013 0.238
2014 0.225
2015 0.242
2016 0.225
2017 0.233
2018 0.226
2019 0.218

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 OECD members was 0.494 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.672 in 2000 and a minimum value of 0.486 in 2013.

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 0.672
2001 0.653
2002 0.580
2003 0.638
2004 0.602
2005 0.645
2006 0.629
2007 0.603
2008 0.596
2009 0.553
2010 0.556
2011 0.540
2012 0.497
2013 0.486
2014 0.487
2015 0.490
2016 0.508
2017 0.518
2018 0.525
2019 0.494

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

The value for Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) in OECD members was 6.04 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6.61 in 2009 and a minimum value of 6.04 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 6.18
2001 6.07
2002 6.28
2003 6.44
2004 6.42
2005 6.39
2006 6.22
2007 6.41
2008 6.47
2009 6.61
2010 6.54
2011 6.58
2012 6.39
2013 6.44
2014 6.37
2015 6.37
2016 6.09
2017 6.08
2018 6.09
2019 6.04

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

The value for Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) in OECD members was 18.09 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 19.96 in 2009 and a minimum value of 18.09 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 19.14
2001 19.12
2002 19.38
2003 19.81
2004 19.42
2005 19.30
2006 18.80
2007 18.80
2008 19.30
2009 19.96
2010 19.77
2011 19.78
2012 19.35
2013 19.29
2014 19.03
2015 18.81
2016 18.54
2017 18.81
2018 18.38
2019 18.09

Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) in OECD members was 11.95 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 13.17 in 2009 and a minimum value of 11.95 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 12.54
2001 12.47
2002 12.71
2003 13.00
2004 12.80
2005 12.73
2006 12.39
2007 12.50
2008 12.76
2009 13.17
2010 13.03
2011 13.08
2012 12.76
2013 12.76
2014 12.60
2015 12.47
2016 12.20
2017 12.33
2018 12.14
2019 11.95

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

The value for Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people) in OECD members was 8.23 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 13.94 in 2000 and a minimum value of 8.23 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 13.94
2001 13.37
2002 13.20
2003 12.76
2004 12.32
2005 12.03
2006 11.76
2007 11.08
2008 10.37
2009 9.65
2010 9.09
2011 9.15
2012 9.01
2013 8.52
2014 8.40
2015 8.66
2016 8.76
2017 8.60
2018 8.39
2019 8.23

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 0.397

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors