Estonia vs Lithuania: Causes of mortality
Causes of mortality over time
- Estonia
- Lithuania
How they compare
Lithuania currently reports 37,453 Deaths against 15,530 Deaths in Estonia, a difference of 21,923 Deaths.
That makes Lithuania's figure about 2.4 times Estonia's.
Across all 42 years both countries report, Lithuania has been ahead every year.
Estonia ranks 7th and Lithuania ranks 4th of 7 countries.
Lithuania has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Estonia | Lithuania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 36,839 Deaths | 73,798 Deaths | 36,959 Deaths | Lithuania |
| 1990s | 27,984 Deaths | 54,715 Deaths | 26,731 Deaths | Lithuania |
| 2000s | 17,593 Deaths | 42,282 Deaths | 24,689 Deaths | Lithuania |
| 2010s | 15,416 Deaths | 40,674 Deaths | 25,257 Deaths | Lithuania |
| 2020s | 16,503 Deaths | 41,727 Deaths | 25,225 Deaths | Lithuania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher causes of mortality, Estonia or Lithuania?
- Lithuania, at 37,453 Deaths against 15,530 Deaths in Estonia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in causes of mortality between Estonia and Lithuania?
- 21,923 Deaths, with Lithuania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Estonia and Lithuania?
- 42 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
- How do Estonia and Lithuania rank globally for causes of mortality?
- Estonia ranks 7th and Lithuania ranks 4th of 7 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.