Austria vs Sweden: Causes of mortality

Austria
88,486 Deaths
in 2024
Sweden
91,364 Deaths
in 2024
Austria rank
26th
Sweden rank
25th

Causes of mortality over time

  • Austria
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How they compare

Sweden currently reports 91,364 Deaths against 88,486 Deaths in Austria, a difference of 2,878 Deaths.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Austria ahead.

Austria ranks 26th and Sweden ranks 25th of 36 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 2 and Sweden in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Austria Sweden Difference Ahead
1960s 92,267 Deaths 78,082 Deaths 14,186 Deaths Austria
1970s 94,878 Deaths 86,653 Deaths 8,225 Deaths Austria
1980s 88,621 Deaths 92,519 Deaths 3,898 Deaths Sweden
1990s 81,068 Deaths 94,192 Deaths 13,125 Deaths Sweden
2000s 75,575 Deaths 92,306 Deaths 16,731 Deaths Sweden
2010s 80,526 Deaths 90,762 Deaths 10,235 Deaths Sweden
2020s 91,028 Deaths 94,273 Deaths 3,245 Deaths Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher causes of mortality, Austria or Sweden?
Sweden, at 91,364 Deaths against 88,486 Deaths in Austria as of 2024.
What is the difference in causes of mortality between Austria and Sweden?
2,878 Deaths, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Sweden?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Austria and Sweden rank globally for causes of mortality?
Austria ranks 26th and Sweden ranks 25th 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.