Causes of mortality in Peru
Peru: Causes of mortality was 158,798 Deaths in 2022. β² Rising
Causes of mortality in Peru, 1980β2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Deaths.
Analysis
In 2022, causes of mortality in Peru stood at 158,798 Deaths.
The figure is down 38.7% on the previous year and up 62.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, causes of mortality in Peru peaked at 259,153 Deaths in 2021 and was at its lowest, 68,963 Deaths, in 1991.
Peru ranks 17th of 36 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 91,961 Deaths | 83,873 Deaths | 110,488 Deaths | 8 |
| 1990s | 84,893 Deaths | 68,963 Deaths | 92,674 Deaths | 9 |
| 2000s | 87,014 Deaths | 79,772 Deaths | 95,722 Deaths | 10 |
| 2010s | 106,215 Deaths | 96,240 Deaths | 132,739 Deaths | 10 |
| 2020s | 217,316 Deaths | 158,798 Deaths | 259,153 Deaths | 3 |
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- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.88 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.5045 % change on previous year (2090)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 1,235 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 782 (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by country 0 (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 277,896 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 278,985 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 277,934 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 277,075 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is causes of mortality in Peru?
- Causes of mortality in Peru was 158,798 Deaths in 2022, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest causes of mortality recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 259,153 Deaths in 2021.
- What is the lowest causes of mortality recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 68,963 Deaths in 1991.
- How does Peru rank for causes of mortality?
- Peru ranks 17th out of 36 countries with data for 2022.
- Is causes of mortality rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 62.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Peru 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.