The population of Lithuania (edition 2022)

Causes of death

 

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In 2021, according to the data of the Health Information Centre of the Institute of Hygiene, the largest proportion (84.3 per cent) of deaths fell within four causes of death: diseases of the circulatory system, malignant neoplasms, external causes of death, and COVID-19 (in 2020, 82.5 per cent).

In 2021, the highest number of deaths (48.2 per cent) was attributed to the diseases of the circulatory system; 16.2 per cent of deaths were caused by malignant neoplasms, 14.7 – by COVID-19, 5.1 per cent – by external causes (in 2020, 52.7, 18.9, 5.2 and 5.8 per cent respectively).

In 2021, 2.4 thousand persons died due to external causes of death, which is by 82 deaths (3.3 per cent) more than in 2020. In 2021, 565 persons died due to suicides, 506 – falls, 184 – transport accidents, 173 – exposure to excessive natural cold, 139 – accidental poisoning by and exposure to alcohol, 144 – drowning and submersion, 50 – assault.

 

Mortality by cause of death, 2012–2021
Data provided by the Health Information Centre, Institute of Hygiene, deaths per 100,000 population

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The latest and detailed data are available in the Database of Indicators

 

Mortality by cause of death, sex in urban and rural areas, 2021
Data provided by the Health Information Centre, Institute of Hygiene, deaths per 100,000 population

Cause of death (ICD-10-AM)

Total

Urban areas

Rural areas

Total

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

Total

Males

Females

All causes

1,700.1

1,752.9

1,654.3

1,596.5

1,661.5

1,542.3

1,922.2

1,936.4

1,908.7

Infec­tious and parasitic diseases (A00–B99)

25.1

24.0

26.2

23.1

22.3

23.8

29.6

27.4

31.6

Malignant neoplasms (C00–C96)

275.9

326.7

231.8

266.3

311.1

228.8

296.6

358.0

238.7

Diseases of the circulatory system (I00–I99)

820.3

747.8

883.3

745.7

686.4

795.2

980.3

871.0

1,083.6

Diseases of the respiratory system (J00–J98)

37.9

52.4

25.2

32.1

44.1

22.1

50.2

69.1

32.2

Diseases of the digestive system (K00–K93)

77.7

91.2

66.0

75.6

89.9

63.5

82.3

93.8

71.4

External causes of death (V00–Y89)

86.3

130.8

47.7

78.0

116.8

45.5

104.2

158.9

52.5

transport accidents (V00–V99)

6.6

10.3

3.3

5.4

8.0

3.2

9.1

15.0

3.5

falls (W00–W19)

18.0

20.4

16.0

17.9

20.0

16.1

18.4

21.2

15.7

accidental drowning and submersion (W65–W74)

5.1

8.7

2.0

3.7

5.6

2.0

8.3

15.0

2.0

accidental poiso­ning by and exposure to alcohol (X45)

4.9

8.5

1.9

4.8

8.8

1.4

5.3

7.8

2.8

intentional self-harm (X60–X84)

20.1

33.6

8.4

17.2

28.6

7.7

26.4

43.8

10.0

assault (X85–Y09)

1.8

2.6

1.1

1.5

2.0

1.1

2.5

3.9

1.1

Other cause of death

376.9

380.1

374.2

375.9

391.0

363.3

379.0

358.2

398.7


The latest and detailed data are available in the Database of Indicators


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Deaths by cause of death, sex in urban and rural areas, 2021

Deaths by cause of death, sex and age group, 2021


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