France vs United Kingdom: Causes of mortality
Causes of mortality over time
- France
- United Kingdom
How they compare
United Kingdom currently reports 647,699 Deaths against 621,705 Deaths in France, a difference of 25,994 Deaths.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1960 it was United Kingdom ahead.
France ranks 9th and United Kingdom ranks 8th of 36 countries.
United Kingdom has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | United Kingdom | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 534,972 Deaths | 634,038 Deaths | 99,066 Deaths | United Kingdom |
| 1970s | 548,232 Deaths | 665,262 Deaths | 117,030 Deaths | United Kingdom |
| 1980s | 542,795 Deaths | 656,896 Deaths | 114,101 Deaths | United Kingdom |
| 1990s | 529,382 Deaths | 638,082 Deaths | 108,700 Deaths | United Kingdom |
| 2000s | 529,071 Deaths | 586,500 Deaths | 57,429 Deaths | United Kingdom |
| 2010s | 567,965 Deaths | 585,386 Deaths | 17,422 Deaths | United Kingdom |
| 2020s | 643,304 Deaths | 668,092 Deaths | 24,788 Deaths | United Kingdom |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher causes of mortality, France or United Kingdom?
- United Kingdom, at 647,699 Deaths against 621,705 Deaths in France as of 2024.
- What is the difference in causes of mortality between France and United Kingdom?
- 25,994 Deaths, with United Kingdom ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and United Kingdom?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do France and United Kingdom rank globally for causes of mortality?
- France ranks 9th and United Kingdom ranks 8th 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.