Causes of mortality in France
France: Causes of mortality was 621,705 Deaths in 2023. ▲ Rising
Causes of mortality in France, 1960–2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Deaths.
Analysis
In 2023, causes of mortality in France stood at 621,705 Deaths.
That represents a change of down 5.3% on the previous year and up 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, causes of mortality in France peaked at 656,374 Deaths in 2022 and was at its lowest, 496,896 Deaths, in 1961.
France ranks 9th of 36 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Causes of mortality in France, year by year
| Year | Deaths | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 517,437 Deaths | — |
| 1961 | 496,896 Deaths | -4.0% |
| 1962 | 537,714 Deaths | +8.2% |
| 1963 | 554,315 Deaths | +3.1% |
| 1964 | 516,478 Deaths | -6.8% |
| 1965 | 540,341 Deaths | +4.6% |
| 1966 | 525,497 Deaths | -2.7% |
| 1967 | 539,946 Deaths | +2.7% |
| 1968 | 550,492 Deaths | +2.0% |
| 1969 | 570,601 Deaths | +3.7% |
| 1970 | 539,679 Deaths | -5.4% |
| 1971 | 551,514 Deaths | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 547,487 Deaths | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 550,333 Deaths | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 550,878 Deaths | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 560,373 Deaths | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 557,114 Deaths | -0.6% |
| 1977 | 536,221 Deaths | -3.8% |
| 1978 | 546,916 Deaths | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 541,805 Deaths | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 547,107 Deaths | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 554,823 Deaths | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 543,104 Deaths | -2.1% |
| 1983 | 559,655 Deaths | +3.0% |
| 1984 | 542,490 Deaths | -3.1% |
| 1985 | 552,496 Deaths | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 546,926 Deaths | -1.0% |
| 1987 | 527,466 Deaths | -3.6% |
| 1988 | 524,600 Deaths | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 529,283 Deaths | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 526,201 Deaths | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 524,685 Deaths | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 521,530 Deaths | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 532,263 Deaths | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 519,965 Deaths | -2.3% |
| 1995 | 531,618 Deaths | +2.2% |
| 1996 | 535,775 Deaths | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 530,319 Deaths | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 534,003 Deaths | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 537,459 Deaths | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 530,850 Deaths | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 531,072 Deaths | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 535,140 Deaths | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 552,335 Deaths | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 509,419 Deaths | -7.8% |
| 2005 | 527,516 Deaths | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 515,952 Deaths | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 520,535 Deaths | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 532,474 Deaths | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 537,197 Deaths | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 541,576 Deaths | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 536,628 Deaths | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 558,452 Deaths | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 556,031 Deaths | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 544,618 Deaths | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 579,891 Deaths | +6.5% |
| 2016 | 579,488 Deaths | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 591,316 Deaths | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 594,327 Deaths | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 597,322 Deaths | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 652,857 Deaths | +9.3% |
| 2021 | 642,282 Deaths | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 656,374 Deaths | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 621,705 Deaths | -5.3% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 621,705 Deaths is above the median for high income countries, which is 115,390 Deaths, 5.4× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- France's 621,705 Deaths is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 111,294 Deaths, 5.6× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 534,972 Deaths | 496,896 Deaths | 570,601 Deaths | 10 |
| 1970s | 548,232 Deaths | 536,221 Deaths | 560,373 Deaths | 10 |
| 1980s | 542,795 Deaths | 524,600 Deaths | 559,655 Deaths | 10 |
| 1990s | 529,382 Deaths | 519,965 Deaths | 537,459 Deaths | 10 |
| 2000s | 529,249 Deaths | 509,419 Deaths | 552,335 Deaths | 10 |
| 2010s | 567,965 Deaths | 536,628 Deaths | 597,322 Deaths | 10 |
| 2020s | 643,304 Deaths | 621,705 Deaths | 656,374 Deaths | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is causes of mortality in France?
- Causes of mortality in France was 621,705 Deaths in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest causes of mortality recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 656,374 Deaths in 2022.
- What is the lowest causes of mortality recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 496,896 Deaths in 1961.
- How does France rank for causes of mortality?
- France ranks 9th out of 36 countries with data for 2023.
- Is causes of mortality rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this France 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.