Causes of Death by Country • micromort

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Data summary

26 countries — top 20 by population plus OECD member states
14 causes of death — 7 non-communicable + 7 infectious
Metric: age-standardised death rate per 100,000 population
Source: IHME Global Burden of Disease 2019, via OWID catalog (snapshot 2024-05-20)
Percentage shares are relative to these 14 tracked causes only — not 100% of all-cause mortality

Exclusions

Ireland — listed in the download script's country filter (IRL) but absent from the bundled OWID snapshot. Requires IHME GBD Results Tool direct download — see #94
Injuries (road accidents, self-harm, violence, falls, drowning) — a major cause-of-death category, especially in younger age groups. Not yet included — see #91
Maternal and neonatal deaths — account for ~10% of deaths in low-income countries. Not yet included
Other NCDs (neurological, mental, musculoskeletal) — not in the 7 tracked NCD categories

Data staleness warning
GBD data year: 2019 — the most recent year in the bundled snapshot.
OWID catalog date: 2024-05-20 — this URL now returns HTTP 404. OWID restricted GBD redistribution due to IHME licensing changes.
GBD 2023 is available from IHME (free account required) — see #90.

Glossary

GBD — Global Burden of Disease study (IHME)
IHME — Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
OWID — Our World in Data
NCD — Non-communicable diseases
CVD — Cardiovascular disease
LRI — Lower respiratory infections
DALY — Disability-adjusted life year

References

IHME. Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 (GBD 2019) Results. Seattle: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, 2020. GBD Results Tool
Ritchie H, Spooner F, Roser M. Causes of death. Our World in Data, 2018 (updated 2024). ourworldindata.org/causes-of-death
Roth GA et al. Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries, 1990–2019. Lancet 2020; 396:1204–22. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30925-9