Causes of mortality in Mexico
Mexico: Causes of mortality was 778,865 Deaths in 2023. β² Rising
Causes of mortality in Mexico, 1960β2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Deaths.
Analysis
Mexico recorded 778,865 Deaths for causes of mortality in 2023.
The figure is down 5.6% on the previous year and up 30.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, causes of mortality in Mexico peaked at 1.10 million Deaths in 2021 and was at its lowest, 378,104 Deaths, in 1962.
That places Mexico 6th out of 36 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 | 415,101 Deaths | 378,104 Deaths | 458,886 Deaths | 10 |
| 1970s | 449,090 Deaths | 416,424 Deaths | 485,656 Deaths | 10 |
| 1980s | 412,772 Deaths | 396,561 Deaths | 432,547 Deaths | 10 |
| 1990s | 427,137 Deaths | 409,427 Deaths | 444,490 Deaths | 10 |
| 2000s | 485,320 Deaths | 437,555 Deaths | 550,756 Deaths | 10 |
| 2010s | 638,882 Deaths | 576,156 Deaths | 728,653 Deaths | 10 |
| 2020s | 942,768 Deaths | 778,865 Deaths | 1.10 million Deaths | 4 |
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- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 1.11 million (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 1.10 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is causes of mortality in Mexico?
- Causes of mortality in Mexico was 778,865 Deaths in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest causes of mortality recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 1.10 million Deaths in 2021.
- What is the lowest causes of mortality recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 378,104 Deaths in 1962.
- How does Mexico rank for causes of mortality?
- Mexico ranks 6th out of 36 countries with data for 2023.
- Is causes of mortality rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico 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.