Death rate from external causes (age-standardised)
Deaths from [object Object] (ICD-10 V01 to Y89) per 100,000 inhabitants, age-standardised to the revised European Standard Population of 2013. Both sexes, all ages, by place of residence (Eurostat causes of death statistics).
Age standardisation removes the effect of different age structures, so EU countries and regions can be compared with each other. US age-adjusted rates use the 2000 US standard population and are not comparable with these. Death certification and cause coding differ between countries, and Eurostat flags some values as following a different definition. Eurostat publishes these rates about two and a half years after the reference year.
Key facts
- Death rate from external causes (age-standardised) in the European Union (27) was 49.4 per 100,000 people in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
- Latvia had the highest death rate from external causes (age-standardised) of 27 EU countries in 2023, at 81.8 per 100,000 people, and Spain the lowest, at 32.9 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
- Published for 272 places, with figures from 2011 to 2023.
Rankings
- EU countries
- EU regions (NUTS 2)
- Autonomous communities of Spain
- Regions of Germany (NUTS 2)
- Regions of France (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Italy (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Poland (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Greece (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Netherlands (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Belgium (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Austria (NUTS 2)
- Regions of Portugal (NUTS 2)
EU countries by death rate from external causes (age-standardised), 2023
Places with data
World, EU and euro area
Countries
- Germany
- France
- Italy
- Spain
- Poland
- Romania
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Czechia
- Portugal
- Denmark
- Lithuania
- Greece
- Luxembourg
- Finland
- Latvia
Regions and states
- Ile-de-France
- Lombardia
- Andalusia
- Catalonia
- Community of Madrid
- Rhône-Alpes
- Lazio
- Campania
- Valencian Community
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
- Tirol
- Salzburg
- Oberösterreich
- Etelä-Suomi
- Helsinki-Uusimaa
- Latvija
Use this data in your AI agent
Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:
Which places have the highest death rate from external causes (age-standardised)? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"standardised_death_rate_external_causes","level":"country","within":"European Union (27)"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=standardised_death_rate_external_causes&level=country&within=European%20Union%20(27)