France vs Italy: Causes of mortality

France
621,705 Deaths
in 2023
Italy
666,131 Deaths
in 2023
France rank
9th
Italy rank
7th

Causes of mortality over time

  • France
  • Italy
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How they compare

Italy currently reports 666,131 Deaths against 621,705 Deaths in France, a difference of 44,426 Deaths.

That makes Italy's figure about 1.1 times France's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was France ahead.

France ranks 9th and Italy ranks 7th of 36 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, France averaged higher in 2 and Italy in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade France Italy Difference Ahead
1960s 534,972 Deaths 506,110 Deaths 28,862 Deaths France
1970s 548,232 Deaths 537,779 Deaths 10,453 Deaths France
1980s 542,795 Deaths 542,972 Deaths 176.7 Deaths Italy
1990s 529,382 Deaths 556,737 Deaths 27,355 Deaths Italy
2000s 529,249 Deaths 568,108 Deaths 38,859 Deaths Italy
2010s 567,965 Deaths 617,980 Deaths 50,015 Deaths Italy
2020s 643,304 Deaths 710,350 Deaths 67,045 Deaths Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher causes of mortality, France or Italy?
Italy, at 666,131 Deaths against 621,705 Deaths in France as of 2023.
What is the difference in causes of mortality between France and Italy?
44,426 Deaths, with Italy ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for France and Italy?
64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
How do France and Italy rank globally for causes of mortality?
France ranks 9th and Italy ranks 7th 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.