Italy vs Mexico: Causes of mortality

Italy
666,131 Deaths
in 2023
Mexico
778,865 Deaths
in 2023
Italy rank
7th
Mexico rank
6th

Causes of mortality over time

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How they compare

Mexico currently reports 778,865 Deaths against 666,131 Deaths in Italy, a difference of 112,734 Deaths.

That makes Mexico's figure about 1.2 times Italy's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Italy ahead.

Italy ranks 7th and Mexico ranks 6th of 36 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Italy Mexico Difference Ahead
1960s 506,110 Deaths 415,101 Deaths 91,009 Deaths Italy
1970s 537,779 Deaths 449,090 Deaths 88,689 Deaths Italy
1980s 542,972 Deaths 412,772 Deaths 130,200 Deaths Italy
1990s 556,737 Deaths 427,137 Deaths 129,599 Deaths Italy
2000s 568,108 Deaths 485,320 Deaths 82,788 Deaths Italy
2010s 617,980 Deaths 638,882 Deaths 20,902 Deaths Mexico
2020s 710,350 Deaths 942,768 Deaths 232,418 Deaths Mexico

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher causes of mortality, Italy or Mexico?
Mexico, at 778,865 Deaths against 666,131 Deaths in Italy as of 2023.
What is the difference in causes of mortality between Italy and Mexico?
112,734 Deaths, with Mexico ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Mexico?
64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
How do Italy and Mexico rank globally for causes of mortality?
Italy ranks 7th and Mexico ranks 6th 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.