Causes of mortality in Latvia
Latvia: Causes of mortality was 26,316 Deaths in 2024. βΌ Falling
Causes of mortality in Latvia, 1980β2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Deaths.
Analysis
In 2024, causes of mortality in Latvia stood at 26,316 Deaths. That is the lowest value across all 45 years on record.
The figure is down 4.9% on the previous year and down 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, causes of mortality in Latvia peaked at 83,514 Deaths in 1994 and was at its lowest, 26,316 Deaths, in 2024.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 64,762 Deaths | 62,468 Deaths | 68,332 Deaths | 10 |
| 1990s | 58,477 Deaths | 32,844 Deaths | 83,514 Deaths | 10 |
| 2000s | 32,209 Deaths | 29,937 Deaths | 33,115 Deaths | 10 |
| 2010s | 28,545 Deaths | 27,492 Deaths | 30,079 Deaths | 10 |
| 2020s | 29,432 Deaths | 26,316 Deaths | 34,231 Deaths | 5 |
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More health data for Latvia
- Infant health: low birthweight 4.2 Percentage of live births (2024)
- Life expectancy β Life expectancy difference -9.8 Years (2024)
- Life expectancy β Life expectancy difference 9.8 Years (2024)
- Life expectancy 76.4 Years (2024)
- Maternal and infant mortality β Perinatal mortality 3.3 Deaths per 1 000 births (2024)
- Communicable diseases β Communicable disease incidence 46 Cases (2024)
- Hospital beds by function of healthcare 4.97 Per 1 000 inhabitants (2024)
- Hospital beds by sector 4.97 Per 1 000 inhabitants (2024)
- Hospitals 29.42 Per 1 000 000 inhabitants (2024)
- Hospital average length of stay by diagnostic categories 8.8 Days (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is causes of mortality in Latvia?
- Causes of mortality in Latvia was 26,316 Deaths in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest causes of mortality recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 83,514 Deaths in 1994.
- What is the lowest causes of mortality recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 26,316 Deaths in 2024.
- How does Latvia rank for causes of mortality?
- Latvia ranks 7th out of 9 groups with data for 2024.
- Is causes of mortality rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Latvia 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.