Causes of mortality in Russia

Russia: Causes of mortality was 1.80 million Deaths in 2019. β–Ό Falling

Latest (2019)
1.80 million Deaths
Change on year
down 1.7%
World rank
2nd
of 36 countries
All-time high
4.60 million Deaths
in 1994
All-time low
1.80 million Deaths
in 2019
Years of data
40
1980–2019

Causes of mortality in Russia, 1980–2019

01.0M2.0M3.0M4.0M5.0M1980199920191980: 3.1M Deaths1981: 3.0M Deaths1982: 3.0M Deaths1983: 3.1M Deaths1984: 3.3M Deaths1985: 3.3M Deaths1986: 3.0M Deaths1987: 3.1M Deaths1988: 3.1M Deaths1989: 3.2M Deaths1990: 3.3M Deaths1991: 3.4M Deaths1992: 3.6M Deaths1993: 4.3M Deaths1994: 4.6M Deaths1995: 4.4M Deaths1996: 4.2M Deaths1997: 4.0M Deaths1998: 4.0M Deaths1999: 2.1M Deaths2000: 2.2M Deaths2001: 2.3M Deaths2002: 2.3M Deaths2003: 2.4M Deaths2004: 2.3M Deaths2005: 2.3M Deaths2006: 2.2M Deaths2007: 2.1M Deaths2008: 2.1M Deaths2009: 2.0M Deaths2010: 2.0M Deaths2011: 1.9M Deaths2012: 1.9M Deaths2013: 1.9M Deaths2014: 1.9M Deaths2015: 1.9M Deaths2016: 1.9M Deaths2017: 1.8M Deaths2018: 1.8M Deaths2019: 1.8M Deaths

Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Deaths.

Analysis

The most recent figure for causes of mortality in Russia is 1.80 million Deaths, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 40 years on record.

The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 10.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, causes of mortality in Russia peaked at 4.60 million Deaths in 1994 and was at its lowest, 1.80 million Deaths, in 2019.

That places Russia 2nd out of 36 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 3.12 million Deaths 3.00 million Deaths 3.30 million Deaths 10
1990s 3.79 million Deaths 2.14 million Deaths 4.60 million Deaths 10
2000s 2.21 million Deaths 2.01 million Deaths 2.36 million Deaths 10
2010s 1.89 million Deaths 1.80 million Deaths 2.03 million Deaths 10

Countries ranked near Russia

  1. 1 United States 3.09 million Deaths compare
  2. 3 Japan 1.58 million Deaths compare
  3. 4 Brazil 1.47 million Deaths compare
  4. 5 Germany 1.03 million Deaths compare

See the full ranking of 46 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is causes of mortality in Russia?
Causes of mortality in Russia was 1.80 million Deaths in 2019, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
What is the highest causes of mortality recorded in Russia?
The highest recorded value was 4.60 million Deaths in 1994.
What is the lowest causes of mortality recorded in Russia?
The lowest recorded value was 1.80 million Deaths in 2019.
How does Russia rank for causes of mortality?
Russia ranks 2nd out of 36 countries with data for 2019.
Is causes of mortality rising or falling in Russia?
Over the last ten years it is down 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Russia 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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Indicator
Causes of mortality
Unit
Deaths
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
46 places, 2,503 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

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.