Ireland vs New Zealand: Causes of mortality
Causes of mortality over time
- Ireland
- New Zealand
How they compare
Ireland currently reports 35,598 Deaths against 32,787 Deaths in New Zealand, a difference of 2,811 Deaths.
That makes Ireland's figure about 1.1 times New Zealand's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Ireland ahead.
Ireland ranks 32nd and New Zealand ranks 33rd of 36 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ireland averaged higher in 6 and New Zealand in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ireland | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33,411 Deaths | 22,842 Deaths | 10,569 Deaths | Ireland |
| 1970s | 33,748 Deaths | 25,107 Deaths | 8,642 Deaths | Ireland |
| 1980s | 32,592 Deaths | 26,519 Deaths | 6,073 Deaths | Ireland |
| 1990s | 31,643 Deaths | 27,320 Deaths | 4,323 Deaths | Ireland |
| 2000s | 29,106 Deaths | 28,256 Deaths | 849.8 Deaths | Ireland |
| 2010s | 29,706 Deaths | 31,463 Deaths | 1,757 Deaths | New Zealand |
| 2020s | 32,856 Deaths | 32,787 Deaths | 69 Deaths | Ireland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher causes of mortality, Ireland or New Zealand?
- Ireland, at 35,598 Deaths against 32,787 Deaths in New Zealand as of 2023.
- What is the difference in causes of mortality between Ireland and New Zealand?
- 2,811 Deaths, with Ireland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and New Zealand?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2020.
- How do Ireland and New Zealand rank globally for causes of mortality?
- Ireland ranks 32nd 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.