Australia vs Canada: Causes of mortality

Australia
187,268 Deaths
in 2024
Canada
326,779 Deaths
in 2024
Australia rank
16th
Canada rank
13th

Causes of mortality over time

  • Australia
  • Canada
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How they compare

Canada currently reports 326,779 Deaths against 187,268 Deaths in Australia, a difference of 139,511 Deaths.

That makes Canada's figure about 1.7 times Australia's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Canada has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 16th and Canada ranks 13th of 36 countries.

Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Canada Difference Ahead
1960s 98,847 Deaths 147,435 Deaths 48,589 Deaths Canada
1970s 110,558 Deaths 164,452 Deaths 53,894 Deaths Canada
1980s 114,972 Deaths 179,860 Deaths 64,888 Deaths Canada
1990s 124,560 Deaths 207,294 Deaths 82,734 Deaths Canada
2000s 134,543 Deaths 228,254 Deaths 93,711 Deaths Canada
2010s 154,502 Deaths 262,207 Deaths 107,704 Deaths Canada
2020s 178,821 Deaths 322,927 Deaths 144,105 Deaths Canada

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher causes of mortality, Australia or Canada?
Canada, at 326,779 Deaths against 187,268 Deaths in Australia as of 2024.
What is the difference in causes of mortality between Australia and Canada?
139,511 Deaths, with Canada ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Canada?
64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Australia and Canada rank globally for causes of mortality?
Australia ranks 16th and Canada ranks 13th of 36 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Causes of mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Causes of mortality
Unit
Deaths
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
46 places, 2,503 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

This dataset presents the number of deaths and age-standardised death rates by causes of deaths. The number of deaths according to sex and selected causes are extracted from the World Health Organization Mortality Database available at https://www.who.int/data/data-collection-tools/who-mortality-database. Detailed information on the coverage and reliability of the cause-of-death data is regularly published in World Health Statistics Annuals. The selected causes of death presented in the OECD Health Statistics database are detailed in an Excel file available for download, with codes according to the Tenth revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) along with codes from other ICD revisions used in the WHO Mortality Database. Please refer to the Sources and Methods for detailed country-specific information.