The population of Lithuania (edition 2023)

Causes of death

 

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In 2022, according to the data of the Health Information Centre of the Institute of Hygiene, the largest proportion (82.4 per cent) of deaths fell within these causes of death: diseases of the circulatory system, malignant neoplasms, COVID–19 and external causes of death (in 2021, 84.3 per cent).

In 2022, more than half of the number of deaths (52.5 per cent) was attributed to the diseases of the circulatory system; 18.4 per cent of deaths were caused by malignant neoplasms, 6.1 – by COVID-19, 5.4 per cent – by external causes (in 2021, 48.2, 16.2, 14.7 and 5.1 per cent respectively).

In 2022, 2.6 thousand and2.3 thousand persons died by COVID-19 and due to external causes of death respectively, which is by 4.4 thousand (62.9 per cent) and 88 deaths (3.6 per cent) respectively less than in 2021. In 2022, 527 persons died due to suicides, 464 – falls, 169 – transport accidents, 158 – accidental poisoning by and exposure to alcohol, 117 – drowning and submersion, 53 – assault.

 

Mortality by cause of death, 2013–2022
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, 2022
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

1,514.5

1,548.4

1,484.8

1,419.3

1,446.4

1,396.6

1,719.6

1,753.4

1,687.2

Infec­tious and parasitic diseases (A00–B99)

25.4

29.5

21.8

23.7

26.5

21.4

29.1

35.6

22.9

Malignant neoplasms (C00–C96)

279.0

323.8

239.7

271.9

306.0

243.3

294.2

359.6

231.5

Diseases of the circulatory system (I00–I99)

794.7

712.2

866.8

731.3

659.8

791.2

931.5

817.7

1,040.4

Diseases of the respiratory system (J00–J98)

41.0

56.2

27.8

36.2

49.4

25.2

51.4

69.7

33.8

Diseases of the digestive system (K00–K93)

77.9

87.3

69.7

73.4

83.1

65.3

87.6

95.7

79.9

External causes of death (V00–Y89)

82.5

125.5

44.9

74.2

112.0

42.5

100.4

152.7

50.4

transport accidents (V00–V99)

6.0

9.7

2.7

5.1

7.7

2.9

7.8

13.7

2.2

falls (W00–W19)

16.4

19.1

14.0

15.6

18.9

12.8

18.1

19.4

16.8

accidental drowning and submersion (W65–W74)

4.1

6.6

2.0

2.8

4.6

1.2

7.0

10.5

3.7

accidental poiso­ning by and exposure to alcohol (X45)

5.6

9.2

2.4

5.2

8.3

2.7

6.4

10.9

2.0

intentional self-harm (X60–X84)

18.6

32.2

6.7

16.2

27.9

6.5

23.7

41.0

7.2

assault (X85–Y09)

1.9

2.3

1.5

2.4

3.3

1.6

0.8

0.5

1.1

Other cause of death

99.2

98.9

99.5

97.5

97.5

97.5

103.0

101.9

104.1

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, 2022

Deaths by cause of death, sex and age group, 2022

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