Treatable mortality

Deaths of people under 75 from causes that can mainly be avoided through timely and effective health care, including screening and treatment, per 100,000 inhabitants under 75, age-standardised.

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Based on the OECD and Eurostat lists of avoidable causes of death (2022 version), which count COVID-19 as preventable, so preventable mortality peaks in 2020 to 2022. A cause on both lists is split half and half. Age-standardised with the 2013 European standard population.

Key facts

Figures last updated on 2026-10-18.

Rankings

EU countries by treatable mortality, 2023

Top 15. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Romania: 199.7 per 100,000 peopleRomania199.7Latvia: 189.5 per 100,000 peopleLatvia189.5Bulgaria: 185.3 per 100,000 peopleBulgaria185.3Hungary: 172.3 per 100,000 peopleHungary172.3Lithuania: 163.3 per 100,000 peopleLithuania163.3Slovakia: 161.1 per 100,000 peopleSlovakia161.1Poland: 132.7 per 100,000 peoplePoland132.7Croatia: 126.1 per 100,000 peopleCroatia126.1Estonia: 115.8 per 100,000 peopleEstonia115.8Czechia: 107.2 per 100,000 peopleCzechia107.2Greece: 84.1 per 100,000 peopleGreece84.1Germany: 83.3 per 100,000 peopleGermany83.3Malta: 74.3 per 100,000 peopleMalta74.3Portugal: 74.2 per 100,000 peoplePortugal74.2Austria: 68.5 per 100,000 peopleAustria68.5Romania: 199.7 per 100,000 peopleRomania199.7Latvia: 189.5 per 100,000 peopleLatvia189.5Bulgaria: 185.3 per 100,000 peopleBulgaria185.3Hungary: 172.3 per 100,000 peopleHungary172.3Lithuania: 163.3 per 100,000 peopleLithuania163.3Slovakia: 161.1 per 100,000 peopleSlovakia161.1Poland: 132.7 per 100,000 peoplePoland132.7Croatia: 126.1 per 100,000 peopleCroatia126.1Estonia: 115.8 per 100,000 peopleEstonia115.8Czechia: 107.2 per 100,000 peopleCzechia107.2Greece: 84.1 per 100,000 peopleGreece84.1Germany: 83.3 per 100,000 peopleGermany83.3Malta: 74.3 per 100,000 peopleMalta74.3Portugal: 74.2 per 100,000 peoplePortugal74.2Austria: 68.5 per 100,000 peopleAustria68.5
per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, Treatable and preventable mortality of residents, treatable mortality, all causes, standardised rate (hlth_cd_apr). Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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