Poland vs United States: Causes of mortality

Poland
408,504 Deaths
in 2024
United States
3.09 million Deaths
in 2023
Poland rank
2nd
United States rank
1st

Causes of mortality over time

  • Poland
  • United States
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How they compare

United States currently reports 3.09 million Deaths against 408,504 Deaths in Poland, a difference of 2.68 million Deaths.

That makes United States's figure about 7.6 times Poland's.

Across all 62 years both countries report, United States has been ahead every year.

Poland ranks 2nd and United States ranks 1st of 7 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Poland United States Difference Ahead
1960s 237,712 Deaths 1.82 million Deaths 1.58 million Deaths United States
1970s 293,208 Deaths 1.93 million Deaths 1.63 million Deaths United States
1980s 369,232 Deaths 2.06 million Deaths 1.69 million Deaths United States
1990s 389,474 Deaths 2.26 million Deaths 1.87 million Deaths United States
2000s 369,902 Deaths 2.43 million Deaths 2.06 million Deaths United States
2010s 391,224 Deaths 2.67 million Deaths 2.28 million Deaths United States
2020s 463,589 Deaths 3.30 million Deaths 2.84 million Deaths United States

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher causes of mortality, Poland or United States?
United States, at 3.09 million Deaths against 408,504 Deaths in Poland as of 2023.
What is the difference in causes of mortality between Poland and United States?
2.68 million Deaths, with United States ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Poland and United States?
62 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
How do Poland and United States rank globally for causes of mortality?
Poland ranks 2nd and United States ranks 1st of 7 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.