Canada vs South Africa: Causes of mortality
Causes of mortality over time
- Canada
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 487,682 Deaths against 326,779 Deaths in Canada, a difference of 160,903 Deaths.
That makes South Africa's figure about 1.5 times Canada's.
Across all 28 years both countries report, South Africa has been ahead every year.
Canada ranks 13th and South Africa ranks 10th of 36 countries.
South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 212,696 Deaths | 308,060 Deaths | 95,364 Deaths | South Africa |
| 2000s | 228,442 Deaths | 543,585 Deaths | 315,143 Deaths | South Africa |
| 2010s | 262,207 Deaths | 475,084 Deaths | 212,877 Deaths | South Africa |
| 2020s | 308,824 Deaths | 487,682 Deaths | 178,858 Deaths | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher causes of mortality, Canada or South Africa?
- South Africa, at 487,682 Deaths against 326,779 Deaths in Canada as of 2020.
- What is the difference in causes of mortality between Canada and South Africa?
- 160,903 Deaths, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and South Africa?
- 28 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2020.
- How do Canada and South Africa rank globally for causes of mortality?
- Canada ranks 13th and South Africa ranks 10th 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.