Causes of mortality in Estonia
Estonia: Causes of mortality was 15,530 Deaths in 2024. ▼ Falling
Causes of mortality in Estonia, 1981–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Deaths.
Analysis
Estonia recorded 15,530 Deaths for causes of mortality in 2024.
The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, causes of mortality in Estonia peaked at 42,572 Deaths in 1993 and was at its lowest, 15,186 Deaths, in 2019.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 42 years of available data.
Causes of mortality in Estonia, year by year
| Year | Deaths | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 36,698 Deaths | — |
| 1982 | 35,786 Deaths | -2.5% |
| 1985 | 38,686 Deaths | +8.1% |
| 1986 | 35,972 Deaths | -7.0% |
| 1987 | 36,558 Deaths | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 37,102 Deaths | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 37,072 Deaths | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 39,062 Deaths | +5.4% |
| 1991 | 39,430 Deaths | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 40,252 Deaths | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 42,572 Deaths | +5.8% |
| 1994 | 22,212 Deaths | -47.8% |
| 1995 | 20,828 Deaths | -6.2% |
| 1996 | 19,020 Deaths | -8.7% |
| 1997 | 18,566 Deaths | -2.4% |
| 1998 | 19,446 Deaths | +4.7% |
| 1999 | 18,454 Deaths | -5.1% |
| 2000 | 18,403 Deaths | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 18,516 Deaths | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 18,355 Deaths | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 18,152 Deaths | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 17,685 Deaths | -2.6% |
| 2005 | 17,316 Deaths | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 17,316 Deaths | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 17,409 Deaths | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 16,675 Deaths | -4.2% |
| 2009 | 16,099 Deaths | -3.5% |
| 2010 | 15,781 Deaths | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 15,204 Deaths | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 15,473 Deaths | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 15,374 Deaths | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 15,470 Deaths | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 15,243 Deaths | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 15,383 Deaths | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 15,442 Deaths | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 15,606 Deaths | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 15,186 Deaths | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 15,686 Deaths | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 18,375 Deaths | +17.1% |
| 2022 | 17,157 Deaths | -6.6% |
| 2023 | 15,765 Deaths | -8.1% |
| 2024 | 15,530 Deaths | -1.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Causes of mortality in Estonia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | -47.8% | 42,572 Deaths | 22,212 Deaths |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 36,839 Deaths | 35,786 Deaths | 38,686 Deaths | 7 |
| 1990s | 27,984 Deaths | 18,454 Deaths | 42,572 Deaths | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,593 Deaths | 16,099 Deaths | 18,516 Deaths | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,416 Deaths | 15,186 Deaths | 15,781 Deaths | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,503 Deaths | 15,530 Deaths | 18,375 Deaths | 5 |
Countries ranked near Estonia
- 4 Lithuania 37,453 Deaths compare
- 4 Brazil 1.47 million Deaths compare
- 5 Germany 1.03 million Deaths compare
- 5 Latvia 26,316 Deaths compare
- 6 Slovenia 21,506 Deaths compare
- 6 Mexico 778,865 Deaths compare
- 7 Italy 666,131 Deaths compare
- 8 United Kingdom 647,699 Deaths compare
- 9 France 621,705 Deaths compare
- 10 South Africa 487,682 Deaths compare
More health data for Estonia
- Mortality, morbidity and welfare cost from exposure to 0.665 Per 1 000 inhabitants (2019)
- Infant mortality rates by NUTS 2 region 1.4 Rate (2024)
- Life expectancy by age, sex and NUTS 2 region 79.4 Year (2024)
- Infant mortality by NUTS 2 region 14 Number (2024)
- Life expectancy — Life expectancy difference -8.3 Years (2024)
- Infant health: low birthweight 4.1 Percentage of live births (2024)
- Life expectancy 79.4 Years (2024)
- Life expectancy — Life expectancy difference 8.3 Years (2024)
- Health personnel by NUTS 2 region - historical data 4,603 Number (2019)
- Hospital beds by NUTS 2 region - historical data 6,011 Number (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is causes of mortality in Estonia?
- Causes of mortality in Estonia was 15,530 Deaths in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest causes of mortality recorded in Estonia?
- The highest recorded value was 42,572 Deaths in 1993.
- What is the lowest causes of mortality recorded in Estonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,186 Deaths in 2019.
- How does Estonia rank for causes of mortality?
- Estonia ranks 7th out of 7 countries with data for 2024.
- Is causes of mortality rising or falling in Estonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Estonia data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Causes of mortality. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.