Italy vs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Causes of mortality

Italy
666,131 Deaths
in 2023
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
647,699 Deaths
in 2024
Italy rank
7th
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank
8th

Causes of mortality over time

  • Italy
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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How they compare

Italy currently reports 666,131 Deaths against 647,699 Deaths in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, a difference of 18,432 Deaths.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1960 it was United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ahead.

Italy ranks 7th and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 8th of 36 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 2 and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Italy United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Difference Ahead
1960s 506,110 Deaths 634,038 Deaths 127,928 Deaths United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1970s 537,779 Deaths 665,262 Deaths 127,483 Deaths United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1980s 542,972 Deaths 656,896 Deaths 113,924 Deaths United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1990s 556,737 Deaths 638,082 Deaths 81,345 Deaths United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2000s 568,996 Deaths 586,500 Deaths 17,505 Deaths United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2010s 617,980 Deaths 585,386 Deaths 32,593 Deaths Italy
2020s 710,350 Deaths 668,092 Deaths 42,257 Deaths Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher causes of mortality, Italy or United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
Italy, at 666,131 Deaths against 647,699 Deaths in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland as of 2023.
What is the difference in causes of mortality between Italy and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
18,432 Deaths, with Italy ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
63 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
How do Italy and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank globally for causes of mortality?
Italy ranks 7th and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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

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.