Germany vs United Kingdom: Causes of mortality
Causes of mortality over time
- Germany
- United Kingdom
How they compare
Germany currently reports 1.03 million Deaths against 647,699 Deaths in United Kingdom, a difference of 384,421 Deaths.
That makes Germany's figure about 1.6 times United Kingdom's.
Across all 33 years both countries report, Germany has been ahead every year.
Germany ranks 5th and United Kingdom ranks 8th of 36 countries.
Germany has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | United Kingdom | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 882,660 Deaths | 638,082 Deaths | 244,578 Deaths | Germany |
| 2000s | 835,604 Deaths | 586,500 Deaths | 249,104 Deaths | Germany |
| 2010s | 900,562 Deaths | 585,386 Deaths | 315,175 Deaths | Germany |
| 2020s | 1.03 million Deaths | 668,092 Deaths | 358,838 Deaths | Germany |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher causes of mortality, Germany or United Kingdom?
- Germany, at 1.03 million Deaths against 647,699 Deaths in United Kingdom as of 2023.
- What is the difference in causes of mortality between Germany and United Kingdom?
- 384,421 Deaths, with Germany ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and United Kingdom?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Germany and United Kingdom rank globally for causes of mortality?
- Germany ranks 5th 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.