Table 1

Average age-standardised mortality rates in 1985–1987 (start), in 2017–2019 (end) and absolute and relative change, for male and female

CountryData periodMaleFemale
StartEndChange (%)StartEndChange (%)
Australia1985–201819.7217.24−2.49 (−12.62)16.114.46−1.65 (−10.22)
Austria1985–201930.3313.8−16.54 (−54.52)20.219.95−10.26 (−50.78)
Belgium1985–201629.1729.560.39 (1.34)17.1821.294.11 (23.91)
Bulgaria1985–201871.3725.01−46.36 (−64.96)49.3212.22−37.1 (−75.22)
Canada1985–200530.8421.53−9.31 (−30.19)19.2617.96−1.3 (−6.76)
Croatia1985–201748.1634.56−13.6 (−28.24)27.2523.72−3.53 (−12.95)
Czech Republic1986–201946.5337.15−9.38 (−20.15)36.1624.42−11.74 (−32.46)
Denmark1994–201829.7935.585.79 (19.43)21.0226.735.7 (27.13)
Estonia1985–201636.1623.42−12.74 (−35.22)15.839.74−6.09 (−38.47)
Finland1987–201851.075.25−45.82 (−89.72)31.773.54−28.23 (−88.85)
France1985–201426.518.33−8.17 (−30.83)15.6811.31−4.37 (−27.87)
Germany1990–201928.2224.2−4.02 (−14.25)18.7216.66−2.06 (−11.01)
Greece1985–201817.420.272.87 (16.5)13.4819.636.15 (45.65)
Hungary1985–201942.5919.02−23.57 (−55.35)28.3613.25−15.11 (−53.27)
Iceland1985–201953.3616.56−36.81 (−68.97)54.1713.85−40.32 (−74.43)
Ireland1985–201578.4425.12−53.32 (−67.98)56.3123.26−33.05 (−58.69)
Israel1985–201836.0639.373.31 (9.19)30.4429.33−1.1 (−3.63)
Italy1985–201720.6719.95−0.72 (−3.47)13.7514.130.37 (2.71)
Japan1985–201858.4732.61−25.85 (−44.22)30.9915.27−15.72 (−50.73)
Latvia1985–201835.9633.59−2.37 (−6.6)19.4114.62−4.8 (−24.7)
Lithuania1985–201935.3439.554.22 (11.93)16.6518.051.4 (8.41)
Luxembourg1985–201827.5917.26−10.32 (−37.42)18.3323.45.07 (27.64)
Malta1985–201723.1930.467.27 (31.34)13.6918.364.67 (34.11)
Moldova1985–201869.4847.16−22.31 (−32.12)39.1616.07−23.09 (−58.95)
Netherlands1985–201826.1922.16−4.02 (−15.36)20.6318.15−2.47 (−11.99)
New Zealand1985–201655.0115.83−39.19 (−71.23)41.916.58−25.32 (−60.43)
Poland1985–201841.3944.342.94 (7.11)23.9522.39−1.55 (−6.49)
Portugal1985–201843.1440.68−2.46 (−5.71)23.1624.581.42 (6.15)
Romania1985–201873.2352.74−20.49 (−27.98)50.9825.58−25.4 (−49.82)
Slovakia1992–201472.3543.16−29.19 (−40.35)44.3324.5−19.83 (−44.73)
Slovenia1985–201942.659.95−32.7 (−76.68)26.048.79−17.24 (−66.23)
Spain1985–201731.3326.41−4.92 (−15.71)19.1716.92−2.25 (−11.72)
Sweden1987–201840.2318.61−21.62 (−53.75)27.5813.44−14.14 (−51.28)
Switzerland1995–201919.1215.43−3.68 (−19.26)13.4411.41−2.02 (−15.05)
United Kingdom1985–201648.9438.26−10.68 (−21.82)40.2533.47−6.78 (−16.84)
United States1985–200737.9528.35−9.6 (−25.3)24.2923.73−0.56 (−2.3)
  • We only report a percentage change for countries with complete start and end data.

  • NA, not available.