Denmark vs Switzerland: Causes of mortality
Causes of mortality over time
- Denmark
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 71,822 Deaths against 58,240 Deaths in Denmark, a difference of 13,582 Deaths.
That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.2 times Denmark's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Switzerland ahead.
Denmark ranks 28th and Switzerland ranks 27th of 36 countries.
Switzerland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 46,521 Deaths | 55,069 Deaths | 8,548 Deaths | Switzerland |
| 1970s | 51,071 Deaths | 56,868 Deaths | 5,796 Deaths | Switzerland |
| 1980s | 57,226 Deaths | 59,815 Deaths | 2,590 Deaths | Switzerland |
| 1990s | 60,402 Deaths | 62,715 Deaths | 2,314 Deaths | Switzerland |
| 2000s | 56,010 Deaths | 61,501 Deaths | 5,491 Deaths | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 52,750 Deaths | 65,214 Deaths | 12,464 Deaths | Switzerland |
| 2020s | 57,157 Deaths | 73,408 Deaths | 16,251 Deaths | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher causes of mortality, Denmark or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 71,822 Deaths against 58,240 Deaths in Denmark as of 2023.
- What is the difference in causes of mortality between Denmark and Switzerland?
- 13,582 Deaths, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Switzerland?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do Denmark and Switzerland rank globally for causes of mortality?
- Denmark ranks 28th 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.