LV · 2017 · tps00134
Death due to diseases of the nervous system, by sex
Latvia, 2017
In 2017, Latvia's death due to diseases of the nervous system, by sex increased by 16.5% compared to 2016, reaching 48.6%.
The figure is below the EU-27 average of 83.5%.
Latvia ranks 22nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 60.7% (from 30.2% in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset tps00134, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.