Death rate from respiratory diseases (age-standardised)

Deaths from [object Object] (ICD-10 J00 to J99) 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).

COVID-19 is coded separately (U07) and is not included. 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

Figures last updated on 2026-10-12.

Rankings

EU countries by death rate from respiratory diseases (age-standardised), 2023

Top 15. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Malta: 121.8 per 100,000 peopleMalta121.8Denmark: 114.3 per 100,000 peopleDenmark114.3Romania: 108.9 per 100,000 peopleRomania108.9Ireland: 105.8 per 100,000 peopleIreland105.8Slovakia: 104.9 per 100,000 peopleSlovakia104.9Belgium: 95.7 per 100,000 peopleBelgium95.7Portugal: 95.5 per 100,000 peoplePortugal95.5Cyprus: 94.7 per 100,000 peopleCyprus94.7Greece: 92.7 per 100,000 peopleGreece92.7Poland: 88.9 per 100,000 peoplePoland88.9Czechia: 85.8 per 100,000 peopleCzechia85.8Hungary: 82.9 per 100,000 peopleHungary82.9Spain: 81.4 per 100,000 peopleSpain81.4Netherlands: 81 per 100,000 peopleNetherlands81Luxembourg: 77.3 per 100,000 peopleLuxembourg77.3
per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 J (hlth_cd_asdr2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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