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
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 |
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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
More:
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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