United Kingdom - 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 11.66
2010 7.32
2015 8.07
2019 8.16

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 3.13
2010 3.34
2015 3.44
2019 3.69

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 85.22
2010 89.34
2015 88.49
2019 88.16

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 United Kingdom was 8.50 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 13.00 in 2000, while its lowest value was 8.50 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 13.00
2001 12.60
2002 12.30
2003 12.00
2004 11.50
2005 11.30
2006 11.00
2007 10.80
2008 10.60
2009 10.20
2010 10.00
2011 9.70
2012 9.70
2013 9.50
2014 9.20
2015 9.30
2016 9.30
2017 8.90
2018 8.70
2019 8.50

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 United Kingdom was 12.10 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 20.00 in 2000, while its lowest value was 12.10 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 20.00
2001 19.50
2002 19.10
2003 18.60
2004 17.70
2005 17.10
2006 16.70
2007 16.30
2008 15.80
2009 15.20
2010 14.90
2011 14.20
2012 13.70
2013 13.70
2014 13.40
2015 13.40
2016 13.40
2017 12.70
2018 12.40
2019 12.10

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 United Kingdom was 10.30 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 16.50 in 2000, while its lowest value was 10.30 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 16.50
2001 16.00
2002 15.70
2003 15.30
2004 14.60
2005 14.20
2006 13.80
2007 13.60
2008 13.20
2009 12.70
2010 12.40
2011 12.00
2012 11.70
2013 11.60
2014 11.30
2015 11.30
2016 11.30
2017 10.80
2018 10.50
2019 10.30

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 11.00

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 17.00

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 13.80

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

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) in United Kingdom was 0.300 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.300 in 2019 and a minimum value of 0.200 in 2003.

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

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 United Kingdom was 0.200 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.300 in 2015 and a minimum value of 0.100 in 2000.

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

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 United Kingdom was 0.400 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.500 in 2009 and a minimum value of 0.200 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 0.400
2001 0.400
2002 0.400
2003 0.300
2004 0.300
2005 0.200
2006 0.400
2007 0.400
2008 0.400
2009 0.500
2010 0.400
2011 0.300
2012 0.300
2013 0.300
2014 0.400
2015 0.400
2016 0.400
2017 0.400
2018 0.400
2019 0.400

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

The value for Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) in United Kingdom was 4.00 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4.40 in 2015 and a minimum value of 3.60 in 2007.

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 4.30
2001 3.90
2002 4.10
2003 4.10
2004 4.30
2005 4.10
2006 3.80
2007 3.60
2008 3.80
2009 3.70
2010 3.70
2011 3.90
2012 3.70
2013 3.80
2014 4.00
2015 4.40
2016 4.10
2017 4.10
2018 4.10
2019 4.00

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

The value for Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) in United Kingdom was 11.80 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 14.00 in 2013 and a minimum value of 11.70 in 2007.

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 13.00
2001 12.90
2002 12.60
2003 11.90
2004 12.20
2005 11.80
2006 12.00
2007 11.70
2008 12.60
2009 12.50
2010 12.10
2011 12.80
2012 13.00
2013 14.00
2014 13.40
2015 13.40
2016 13.00
2017 12.50
2018 12.20
2019 11.80

Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) in United Kingdom was 7.90 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8.80 in 2015 and a minimum value of 7.60 in 2007.

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 8.60
2001 8.30
2002 8.30
2003 7.90
2004 8.20
2005 7.90
2006 7.80
2007 7.60
2008 8.10
2009 8.00
2010 7.80
2011 8.30
2012 8.20
2013 8.80
2014 8.60
2015 8.80
2016 8.50
2017 8.20
2018 8.10
2019 7.90

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

The value for Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people) in United Kingdom was 3.20 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7.20 in 2003 and a minimum value of 2.90 in 2013.

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 6.90
2001 7.00
2002 7.10
2003 7.20
2004 6.90
2005 6.60
2006 6.60
2007 5.80
2008 5.20
2009 4.30
2010 3.70
2011 3.40
2012 3.00
2013 2.90
2014 3.20
2015 2.90
2016 3.00
2017 3.00
2018 3.00
2019 3.20

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 0.200

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors