Causes of mortality in Italy
Italy: Causes of mortality was 666,131 Deaths in 2023. β² Rising
Causes of mortality in Italy, 1960β2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Deaths.
Analysis
In 2023, causes of mortality in Italy stood at 666,131 Deaths.
That represents a change of down 7.7% on the previous year and up 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, causes of mortality in Italy peaked at 746,324 Deaths in 2020 and was at its lowest, 468,455 Deaths, in 1961.
Italy ranks 7th 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 506,110 Deaths | 468,455 Deaths | 539,129 Deaths | 10 |
| 1970s | 537,779 Deaths | 521,096 Deaths | 554,346 Deaths | 10 |
| 1980s | 542,972 Deaths | 531,853 Deaths | 564,330 Deaths | 10 |
| 1990s | 556,737 Deaths | 543,708 Deaths | 574,231 Deaths | 10 |
| 2000s | 568,108 Deaths | 545,051 Deaths | 588,897 Deaths | 10 |
| 2010s | 617,980 Deaths | 584,615 Deaths | 650,614 Deaths | 10 |
| 2020s | 710,350 Deaths | 666,131 Deaths | 746,324 Deaths | 4 |
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- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 325,774 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 297,265 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 321,760 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 297,984 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is causes of mortality in Italy?
- Causes of mortality in Italy was 666,131 Deaths in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest causes of mortality recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 746,324 Deaths in 2020.
- What is the lowest causes of mortality recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 468,455 Deaths in 1961.
- How does Italy rank for causes of mortality?
- Italy ranks 7th out of 36 countries with data for 2023.
- Is causes of mortality rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.