Russian Federation vs United States of America: Causes of mortality

Russian Federation
1.80 million Deaths
in 2019
United States of America
3.09 million Deaths
in 2023
Russian Federation rank
2nd
United States of America rank
1st

Causes of mortality over time

  • Russian Federation
  • United States of America
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How they compare

United States of America currently reports 3.09 million Deaths against 1.80 million Deaths in Russian Federation, a difference of 1.29 million Deaths.

That makes United States of America's figure about 1.7 times Russian Federation's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 40 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Russian Federation ahead.

Russian Federation ranks 2nd and United States of America ranks 1st of 36 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Russian Federation averaged higher in 2 and United States of America in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Russian Federation United States of America Difference Ahead
1980s 3.12 million Deaths 2.06 million Deaths 1.05 million Deaths Russian Federation
1990s 3.79 million Deaths 2.27 million Deaths 1.52 million Deaths Russian Federation
2000s 2.21 million Deaths 2.43 million Deaths 221,315 Deaths United States of America
2010s 1.89 million Deaths 2.67 million Deaths 785,253 Deaths United States of America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher causes of mortality, Russian Federation or United States of America?
United States of America, at 3.09 million Deaths against 1.80 million Deaths in Russian Federation as of 2023.
What is the difference in causes of mortality between Russian Federation and United States of America?
1.29 million Deaths, with United States of America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Russian Federation and United States of America?
40 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2019.
How do Russian Federation and United States of America rank globally for causes of mortality?
Russian Federation ranks 2nd and United States of America ranks 1st 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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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.