Causes of mortality in Estonia
Estonia: Causes of mortality was 15,530 Deaths in 2024. βΌ Falling
Causes of mortality in Estonia, 1981β2024
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.
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 |
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More health data for Estonia
- Life expectancy β Life expectancy difference -8.3 Years (2024)
- Life expectancy β Life expectancy difference 8.3 Years (2024)
- Life expectancy 79.4 Years (2024)
- Infant health: low birthweight 4.1 Percentage of live births (2024)
- Maternal and infant mortality β Perinatal mortality 1.7 Deaths per 1 000 births (2024)
- Healthcare coverage β Health insurance coverage 1,276 Persons (2025)
- Communicable diseases β Communicable disease incidence 9 Cases (2024)
- Hospital beds by function of healthcare 4.13 Per 1 000 inhabitants (2024)
- Hospital beds by sector 4.13 Per 1 000 inhabitants (2024)
- Hospitals 20.4 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants (2024)
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 9th out of 9 groups 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.