Causes of mortality in New Zealand
New Zealand: Causes of mortality was 32,787 Deaths in 2020. ▲ Rising
Causes of mortality in New Zealand, 1960–2020
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Deaths.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 32,787 Deaths for causes of mortality in 2020.
That represents a change of down 4.9% on the previous year and up 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, causes of mortality in New Zealand peaked at 34,487 Deaths in 2019 and was at its lowest, 20,892 Deaths, in 1960.
New Zealand ranks 33rd of 36 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 61 years of available data.
Causes of mortality in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | Deaths | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 20,892 Deaths | — |
| 1961 | 21,782 Deaths | +4.3% |
| 1962 | 22,081 Deaths | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 22,416 Deaths | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 22,861 Deaths | +2.0% |
| 1965 | 22,976 Deaths | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 23,778 Deaths | +3.5% |
| 1967 | 23,007 Deaths | -3.2% |
| 1968 | 24,464 Deaths | +6.3% |
| 1969 | 24,161 Deaths | -1.2% |
| 1970 | 24,840 Deaths | +2.8% |
| 1971 | 24,309 Deaths | -2.1% |
| 1972 | 24,793 Deaths | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 25,290 Deaths | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 25,254 Deaths | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 25,115 Deaths | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 25,450 Deaths | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 25,966 Deaths | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 24,678 Deaths | -5.0% |
| 1979 | 25,373 Deaths | +2.8% |
| 1980 | 26,688 Deaths | +5.2% |
| 1981 | 25,147 Deaths | -5.8% |
| 1982 | 25,547 Deaths | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 26,007 Deaths | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 25,383 Deaths | -2.4% |
| 1985 | 27,484 Deaths | +8.3% |
| 1986 | 27,052 Deaths | -1.6% |
| 1987 | 27,430 Deaths | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 27,407 Deaths | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 27,044 Deaths | -1.3% |
| 1990 | 26,524 Deaths | -1.9% |
| 1991 | 26,490 Deaths | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 27,252 Deaths | +2.9% |
| 1993 | 27,211 Deaths | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 27,095 Deaths | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 27,956 Deaths | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 28,379 Deaths | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 27,611 Deaths | -2.7% |
| 1998 | 26,457 Deaths | -4.2% |
| 1999 | 28,224 Deaths | +6.7% |
| 2000 | 26,718 Deaths | -5.3% |
| 2001 | 28,128 Deaths | +5.3% |
| 2002 | 28,359 Deaths | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 28,061 Deaths | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 28,645 Deaths | +2.1% |
| 2005 | 27,141 Deaths | -5.3% |
| 2006 | 28,389 Deaths | +4.6% |
| 2007 | 28,601 Deaths | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 29,312 Deaths | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 29,204 Deaths | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 28,649 Deaths | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 30,290 Deaths | +5.7% |
| 2012 | 30,277 Deaths | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 29,636 Deaths | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 31,164 Deaths | +5.2% |
| 2015 | 31,796 Deaths | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 31,398 Deaths | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 33,614 Deaths | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 33,316 Deaths | -0.9% |
| 2019 | 34,487 Deaths | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 32,787 Deaths | -4.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,842 Deaths | 20,892 Deaths | 24,464 Deaths | 10 |
| 1970s | 25,107 Deaths | 24,309 Deaths | 25,966 Deaths | 10 |
| 1980s | 26,519 Deaths | 25,147 Deaths | 27,484 Deaths | 10 |
| 1990s | 27,320 Deaths | 26,457 Deaths | 28,379 Deaths | 10 |
| 2000s | 28,256 Deaths | 26,718 Deaths | 29,312 Deaths | 10 |
| 2010s | 31,463 Deaths | 28,649 Deaths | 34,487 Deaths | 10 |
| 2020s | 32,787 Deaths | 32,787 Deaths | 32,787 Deaths | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is causes of mortality in New Zealand?
- Causes of mortality in New Zealand was 32,787 Deaths in 2020, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest causes of mortality recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 34,487 Deaths in 2019.
- What is the lowest causes of mortality recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,892 Deaths in 1960.
- How does New Zealand rank for causes of mortality?
- New Zealand ranks 33rd out of 36 countries with data for 2020.
- Is causes of mortality rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.