Japan vs Mexico: Causes of mortality

Japan
1.58 million Deaths
in 2023
Mexico
778,865 Deaths
in 2023
Japan rank
3rd
Mexico rank
6th

Causes of mortality over time

  • Japan
  • Mexico
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How they compare

Japan currently reports 1.58 million Deaths against 778,865 Deaths in Mexico, a difference of 797,155 Deaths.

That makes Japan's figure about 2.0 times Mexico's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.

Japan ranks 3rd and Mexico ranks 6th of 36 countries.

Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Mexico Difference Ahead
1960s 688,247 Deaths 415,101 Deaths 273,146 Deaths Japan
1970s 698,226 Deaths 449,090 Deaths 249,136 Deaths Japan
1980s 747,091 Deaths 412,772 Deaths 334,320 Deaths Japan
1990s 891,148 Deaths 427,137 Deaths 464,010 Deaths Japan
2000s 1.05 million Deaths 485,320 Deaths 566,556 Deaths Japan
2010s 1.29 million Deaths 638,882 Deaths 654,121 Deaths Japan
2020s 1.49 million Deaths 942,768 Deaths 546,654 Deaths Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher causes of mortality, Japan or Mexico?
Japan, at 1.58 million Deaths against 778,865 Deaths in Mexico as of 2023.
What is the difference in causes of mortality between Japan and Mexico?
797,155 Deaths, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Mexico?
64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
How do Japan and Mexico rank globally for causes of mortality?
Japan ranks 3rd 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.