Causes of death, by sex

In 2023, the EU-27 figure for causes of death, by sex was 1,927 .

That is a 7.3% fell versus 2022 (2,078).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 4.3% lower.

Across member states, Bulgaria reported the highest value (2,911, 2023) and Spain the lowest (1,549, 2023) — a ratio of 1.9× between the two ends of the range.

The figures below come from Eurostat dataset tps00152; every value links back to the canonical source.