Iceland vs New Zealand: Causes of mortality
Causes of mortality over time
- Iceland
- New Zealand
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 32,787 Deaths against 2,613 Deaths in Iceland, a difference of 30,174 Deaths.
That makes New Zealand's figure about 12.5 times Iceland's.
Across all 61 years both countries report, New Zealand has been ahead every year.
Iceland ranks 36th and New Zealand ranks 33rd of 36 countries.
New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iceland | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,319 Deaths | 22,842 Deaths | 21,523 Deaths | New Zealand |
| 1970s | 1,447 Deaths | 25,107 Deaths | 23,660 Deaths | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 1,652 Deaths | 26,519 Deaths | 24,867 Deaths | New Zealand |
| 1990s | 1,806 Deaths | 27,320 Deaths | 25,514 Deaths | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 1,870 Deaths | 28,256 Deaths | 26,386 Deaths | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 2,144 Deaths | 31,463 Deaths | 29,319 Deaths | New Zealand |
| 2020s | 2,309 Deaths | 32,787 Deaths | 30,478 Deaths | New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher causes of mortality, Iceland or New Zealand?
- New Zealand, at 32,787 Deaths against 2,613 Deaths in Iceland as of 2020.
- What is the difference in causes of mortality between Iceland and New Zealand?
- 30,174 Deaths, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and New Zealand?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2020.
- How do Iceland and New Zealand rank globally for causes of mortality?
- Iceland ranks 36th and New Zealand ranks 33rd 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.