Austria vs Switzerland: Causes of mortality
Causes of mortality over time
- Austria
- Switzerland
How they compare
Austria currently reports 88,486 Deaths against 71,822 Deaths in Switzerland, a difference of 16,664 Deaths.
That makes Austria's figure about 1.2 times Switzerland's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Austria has been ahead every year.
Austria ranks 26th and Switzerland ranks 27th of 36 countries.
Austria has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 92,267 Deaths | 55,069 Deaths | 37,198 Deaths | Austria |
| 1970s | 94,878 Deaths | 56,868 Deaths | 38,010 Deaths | Austria |
| 1980s | 88,621 Deaths | 59,815 Deaths | 28,806 Deaths | Austria |
| 1990s | 81,068 Deaths | 62,715 Deaths | 18,352 Deaths | Austria |
| 2000s | 75,575 Deaths | 61,501 Deaths | 14,075 Deaths | Austria |
| 2010s | 80,526 Deaths | 65,214 Deaths | 15,312 Deaths | Austria |
| 2020s | 91,663 Deaths | 73,408 Deaths | 18,255 Deaths | Austria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher causes of mortality, Austria or Switzerland?
- Austria, at 88,486 Deaths against 71,822 Deaths in Switzerland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in causes of mortality between Austria and Switzerland?
- 16,664 Deaths, with Austria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Switzerland?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do Austria and Switzerland rank globally for causes of mortality?
- Austria ranks 26th and Switzerland ranks 27th 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
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.