The COVID-19 pandemic increased the global death rate, reaching *** in 2021, but had little to no significant impact on birth rates, causing population growth to dip slightly. On a global level, population growth is determined by the difference between the birth and death rates, known as the rate of natural change. On a national or regional level, migration also affects population change. Ongoing trends Since the middle of the 20th century, the global birth rate has been well above the global death rate; however, the gap between these figures has grown closer in recent years. The death rate is projected to overtake the birth rate in the 2080s, which means that the world's population will then go into decline. In the future, death rates will increase due to ageing populations across the world and a plateau in life expectancy. Why does this change? There are many reasons for the decline in death and birth rates in recent decades. Falling death rates have been driven by a reduction in infant and child mortality, as well as increased life expectancy. Falling birth rates were also driven by the reduction in child mortality, whereby mothers would have fewer children as survival rates rose - other factors include the drop in child marriage, improved contraception access and efficacy, and women choosing to have children later in life.

Actual value and historical data chart for World Death Rate Crude Per 1 000 People

The average for 2022 based on 196 countries was 8.24 deaths per 1000 people. The highest value was in the Central African Republic: 55.13 deaths per 1000 people and the lowest value was in Qatar: 0.93 deaths per 1000 people. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Historical dataset showing World death rate by year from 1950 to 2025.

Over the past three decades, the global death rates of both genders decreased. However, there was an increase during the COVID-19 pandemic among both women and men. In 2022, there were *** deaths per 1,000 men between 15 and 60 years, and *** per 1,000 women of the same age.

This dataset offers a detailed compilation of mortality data reported annually by WHO Member States, spanning from 1950 to the present. The data is derived from national civil registration and vital statistics systems, providing an invaluable resource for comparative epidemiological studies.

Key Features: - Detailed cause-of-death information categorized by ICD-7, ICD-8, ICD-9, and ICD-10 revisions. - Mortality data from over 190 countries, updated to reflect the latest available year. - Population and live birth reference data included to facilitate demographic analyses. - Comprehensive coverage estimates and completeness data for vital registration systems across Member States. - Provided in CSV format for ease of import into database management systems, ensuring accessibility for large-scale data analyses.

This dataset is intended for research purposes and requires adequate IT resources for use. It includes the necessary documentation, file structures, and code reference tables to facilitate detailed analyses. Users are advised to consult the "documentation.zip" file for further instructions on data handling and system requirements.

Important Considerations: - Data use is restricted to non-commercial purposes. - Users must acknowledge WHO as the source and attribute any analyses, interpretations, or conclusions to the author of the published data, not WHO. - Adherence to WHO guidelines for data use and dissemination is required.

Unlock the potential of this rich dataset for your research on global health trends, mortality rates, and cause-of-death analyses.

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Understanding the Global Distribution of HIV/AIDS Deaths

Introduction:

HIV/AIDS remains one of the most significant public health challenges globally, with its impact varying widely across countries and regions. While the overall share of deaths attributed to HIV/AIDS stands at around 1.5% globally, this statistic belies the stark disparities observed on a country-by-country basis. This essay delves into the global distribution of deaths from HIV/AIDS, examining both the overarching trends and the localized impacts across different regions, particularly focusing on Southern Sub-Saharan Africa.

Understanding Global Trends:

At a global level, HIV/AIDS accounts for approximately 1.5% of all deaths. This figure, though relatively low in comparison to other causes of mortality, represents a significant burden on public health systems and communities worldwide. However, when zooming in on specific regions, such as Europe, the share of deaths attributable to HIV/AIDS drops significantly, often comprising less than 0.1% of total mortality. This pattern suggests varying levels of prevalence and effectiveness of HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment strategies across different parts of the world.

Regional Disparities:

The distribution of HIV/AIDS deaths is not uniform across the globe, with certain regions experiencing disproportionately high burdens. Southern Sub-Saharan Africa emerges as a focal point of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, with a significant portion of deaths attributed to the virus occurring in this region. Factors such as limited access to healthcare, socio-economic disparities, cultural stigmatization, and insufficient education about HIV/AIDS contribute to the heightened prevalence and impact of the disease in this area.

Southern Sub-Saharan Africa: A Hotspot for HIV/AIDS Deaths:

Within Southern Sub-Saharan Africa, countries such as South Africa, Botswana, and Swaziland stand out for their exceptionally high rates of HIV/AIDS-related mortality. In these nations, HIV/AIDS can account for up to a quarter of all deaths, highlighting the acute nature of the epidemic in these regions. The reasons behind this disproportionate burden are multifaceted, encompassing issues ranging from inadequate healthcare infrastructure to socio-cultural barriers inhibiting prevention and treatment efforts.

Challenges and Responses:

Addressing the unequal distribution of HIV/AIDS deaths necessitates a multi-faceted approach that encompasses both prevention and treatment strategies tailored to the specific needs of affected communities. Efforts to expand access to antiretroviral therapy (ART), promote comprehensive sexual education, combat stigma, and strengthen healthcare systems are crucial components of an effective response. Moreover, fostering partnerships between governments, civil society organizations, and international entities is essential for coordinating resources and expertise to tackle the HIV/AIDS epidemic comprehensively.

Lessons Learned and Future Directions:

The global distribution of deaths from HIV/AIDS underscores the importance of context-specific interventions that take into account the unique social, economic, and cultural factors influencing the spread and impact of the disease. While progress has been made in reducing HIV/AIDS-related mortality in some regions, much work remains to be done, particularly in areas where the burden of the epidemic remains disproportionately high. Going forward, sustained investment in research, healthcare infrastructure, and community empowerment initiatives will be vital for achieving meaningful reductions in HIV/AIDS deaths worldwide.

Conclusion:

In conclusion, the global distribution of deaths from HIV/AIDS reveals a complex landscape characterized by both overarching trends and localized disparities. While the overall share of deaths attributable to HIV/AIDS may seem relatively modest on a global scale, the stark contrasts observed across different countries and regions underscore the need for targeted interventions tailored to the specific contexts in which the epidemic is most pronounced. By addressing the underlying social, economic, and healthcare-related factors driving the unequal distribution of HIV/AIDS deaths, the global co...

The World Health Organization reported 6932591 Coronavirus Deaths since the epidemic began. In addition, countries reported 766440796 Coronavirus Cases. This dataset provides - World Coronavirus Deaths- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Based on a comparison of coronavirus deaths in 210 countries relative to their population, Peru had the most losses to COVID-19 up until July 13, 2022. As of the same date, the virus had infected over 557.8 million people worldwide, and the number of deaths had totaled more than 6.3 million. Note, however, that COVID-19 test rates can vary per country. Additionally, big differences show up between countries when combining the number of deaths against confirmed COVID-19 cases. The source seemingly does not differentiate between "the Wuhan strain" (2019-nCOV) of COVID-19, "the Kent mutation" (B.1.1.7) that appeared in the UK in late 2020, the 2021 Delta variant (B.1.617.2) from India or the Omicron variant (B.1.1.529) from South Africa.

The difficulties of death figures

This table aims to provide a complete picture on the topic, but it very much relies on data that has become more difficult to compare. As the coronavirus pandemic developed across the world, countries already used different methods to count fatalities, and they sometimes changed them during the course of the pandemic. On April 16, for example, the Chinese city of Wuhan added a 50 percent increase in their death figures to account for community deaths. These deaths occurred outside of hospitals and went unaccounted for so far. The state of New York did something similar two days before, revising their figures with 3,700 new deaths as they started to include “assumed” coronavirus victims. The United Kingdom started counting deaths in care homes and private households on April 29, adjusting their number with about 5,000 new deaths (which were corrected lowered again by the same amount on August 18). This makes an already difficult comparison even more difficult. Belgium, for example, counts suspected coronavirus deaths in their figures, whereas other countries have not done that (yet). This means two things. First, it could have a big impact on both current as well as future figures. On April 16 already, UK health experts stated that if their numbers were corrected for community deaths like in Wuhan, the UK number would change from 205 to “above 300”. This is exactly what happened two weeks later. Second, it is difficult to pinpoint exactly which countries already have “revised” numbers (like Belgium, Wuhan or New York) and which ones do not. One work-around could be to look at (freely accessible) timelines that track the reported daily increase of deaths in certain countries. Several of these are available on our platform, such as for Belgium, Italy and Sweden. A sudden large increase might be an indicator that the domestic sources changed their methodology.

Where are these numbers coming from?

The numbers shown here were collected by Johns Hopkins University, a source that manually checks the data with domestic health authorities. For the majority of countries, this is from national authorities. In some cases, like China, the United States, Canada or Australia, city reports or other various state authorities were consulted. In this statistic, these separately reported numbers were put together. For more information or other freely accessible content, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page.

Trends in Covid total deaths per million. The latest data for over 100 countries around the world.

Real-time data on deaths per day worldwide

Around 56 million people die each year.

This Dataset contains the causes of death and how the causes of death changed over time between different countries and world regions.

This dataset contains counts of deaths for California counties based on information entered on death certificates. Final counts are derived from static data and include out-of-state deaths to California residents, whereas provisional counts are derived from incomplete and dynamic data. Provisional counts are based on the records available when the data was retrieved and may not represent all deaths that occurred during the time period. Deaths involving injuries from external or environmental forces, such as accidents, homicide and suicide, often require additional investigation that tends to delay certification of the cause and manner of death. This can result in significant under-reporting of these deaths in provisional data.

The final data tables include both deaths that occurred in each California county regardless of the place of residence (by occurrence) and deaths to residents of each California county (by residence), whereas the provisional data table only includes deaths that occurred in each county regardless of the place of residence (by occurrence). The data are reported as totals, as well as stratified by age, gender, race-ethnicity, and death place type. Deaths due to all causes (ALL) and selected underlying cause of death categories are provided. See temporal coverage for more information on which combinations are available for which years.

The cause of death categories are based solely on the underlying cause of death as coded by the International Classification of Diseases. The underlying cause of death is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as "the disease or injury which initiated the train of events leading directly to death, or the circumstances of the accident or violence which produced the fatal injury." It is a single value assigned to each death based on the details as entered on the death certificate. When more than one cause is listed, the order in which they are listed can affect which cause is coded as the underlying cause. This means that similar events could be coded with different underlying causes of death depending on variations in how they were entered. Consequently, while underlying cause of death provides a convenient comparison between cause of death categories, it may not capture the full impact of each cause of death as it does not always take into account all conditions contributing to the death.

Content: This dataset contains the Region code, Region name, Country code, Country name, Year, Sex, Age group code, Age group, number, % of cause-specific deaths, Age-standardized death rate per 100 000 standard population, Death rate per 100 000 population.

Inspiration: You can use these files for any purpose, including: data manipulation, data viz, statistical prediction, and etc.

As of May 2, 2023, the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) had spread to almost every country in the world, and more than 6.86 million people had died after contracting the respiratory virus. Over 1.16 million of these deaths occurred in the United States.

Waves of infections Almost every country and territory worldwide have been affected by the COVID-19 disease. At the end of 2021 the virus was once again circulating at very high rates, even in countries with relatively high vaccination rates such as the United States and Germany. As rates of new infections increased, some countries in Europe, like Germany and Austria, tightened restrictions once again, specifically targeting those who were not yet vaccinated. However, by spring 2022, rates of new infections had decreased in many countries and restrictions were once again lifted.

What are the symptoms of the virus? It can take up to 14 days for symptoms of the illness to start being noticed. The most commonly reported symptoms are a fever and a dry cough, leading to shortness of breath. The early symptoms are similar to other common viruses such as the common cold and flu. These illnesses spread more during cold months, but there is no conclusive evidence to suggest that temperature impacts the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Medical advice should be sought if you are experiencing any of these symptoms.

This dataset about World Death Rate by Country is extracted from Flourish visualisation. If you want to know more about Flourish click here.

This dataset provides values for CORONAVIRUS DEATHS reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

United States US: Completeness of Death Registration with Cause-of-Death Information data was reported at 98.000 % in 2009. This records an increase from the previous number of 97.400 % for 2002. United States US: Completeness of Death Registration with Cause-of-Death Information data is updated yearly, averaging 98.000 % from Dec 1992 (Median) to 2009, with 4 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 98.400 % in 1992 and a record low of 97.400 % in 2002. United States US: Completeness of Death Registration with Cause-of-Death Information data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Completeness of death registration is the estimated percentage of deaths that are registered with their cause of death information in the vital registration system of a country.; ; World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository/World Health Statistics (http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.1?lang=en).; Weighted average;

Context

A straightforward way to assess the health status of a population is to focus on mortality – or concepts like child mortality or life expectancy, which are based on mortality estimates. A focus on mortality, however, does not take into account that the burden of diseases is not only that they kill people, but that they cause suffering to people who live with them. Assessing health outcomes by both mortality and morbidity (the prevalent diseases) provides a more encompassing view on health outcomes. This is the topic of this entry. The sum of mortality and morbidity is referred to as the ‘burden of disease’ and can be measured by a metric called ‘Disability Adjusted Life Years‘ (DALYs). DALYs are measuring lost health and are a standardized metric that allow for direct comparisons of disease burdens of different diseases across countries, between different populations, and over time. Conceptually, one DALY is the equivalent of losing one year in good health because of either premature death or disease or disability. One DALY represents one lost year of healthy life. The first ‘Global Burden of Disease’ (GBD) was GBD 1990 and the DALY metric was prominently featured in the World Bank’s 1993 World Development Report. Today it is published by both the researchers at the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) and the ‘Disease Burden Unit’ at the World Health Organization (WHO), which was created in 1998. The IHME continues the work that was started in the early 1990s and publishes the Global Burden of Disease study.

Content

In this Dataset, we have Historical Data of different cause of deaths for all ages around the World. The key features of this Dataset are: Meningitis, Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias, Parkinson's Disease, Nutritional Deficiencies, Malaria, Drowning, Interpersonal Violence, Maternal Disorders, HIV/AIDS, Drug Use Disorders, Tuberculosis, Cardiovascular Diseases, Lower Respiratory Infections, Neonatal Disorders, Alcohol Use Disorders, Self-harm, Exposure to Forces of Nature, Diarrheal Diseases, Environmental Heat and Cold Exposure, Neoplasms, Conflict and Terrorism, Diabetes Mellitus, Chronic Kidney Disease, Poisonings, Protein-Energy Malnutrition, Road Injuries, Chronic Respiratory Diseases, Cirrhosis and Other Chronic Liver Diseases, Digestive Diseases, Fire, Heat, and Hot Substances, Acute Hepatitis.

Dataset Glossary (Column-wise)

• 01. Country/Territory - Name of the Country/Territory
• 02. Code - Country/Territory Code
• 03. Year - Year of the Incident
• 04. Meningitis - No. of People died from Meningitis
• 05. Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias - No. of People died from Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias
• 06. Parkinson's Disease - No. of People died from Parkinson's Disease
• 07. Nutritional Deficiencies - No. of People died from Nutritional Deficiencies
• 08. Malaria - No. of People died from Malaria
• 09. Drowning - No. of People died from Drowning
• 10. Interpersonal Violence - No. of People died from Interpersonal Violence
• 11. Maternal Disorders - No. of People died from Maternal Disorders
• 12. Drug Use Disorders - No. of People died from Drug Use Disorders
• 13. Tuberculosis - No. of People died from Tuberculosis
• 14. Cardiovascular Diseases - No. of People died from Cardiovascular Diseases
• 15. Lower Respiratory Infections - No. of People died from Lower Respiratory Infections
• 16. Neonatal Disorders - No. of People died from Neonatal Disorders
• 17. Alcohol Use Disorders - No. of People died from Alcohol Use Disorders
• 18. Self-harm - No. of People died from Self-harm
• 19. Exposure to Forces of Nature - No. of People died from Exposure to Forces of Nature
• 20. Diarrheal Diseases - No. of People died from Diarrheal Diseases
• 21. Environmental Heat and Cold Exposure - No. of People died from Environmental Heat and Cold Exposure
• 22. Neoplasms - No. of People died from Neoplasms
• 23. Conflict and Terrorism - No. of People died from Conflict and Terrorism
• 24. Diabetes Mellitus - No. of People died from Diabetes Mellitus
• 25. Chronic Kidney Disease - No. of People died from Chronic Kidney Disease
• 26. Poisonings - No. of People died from Poisoning
• 27. Protein-Energy Malnutrition - No. of People died from Protein-Energy Malnutrition
• 28. Chronic Respiratory Diseases - No. of People died from Chronic Respiratory Diseases
• 29. Cirrhosis and Other Chronic Liver Diseases - No. of People died from Cirrhosis and Other Chronic Liver Diseases
• 30. Digestive Diseases - No. of People died from Digestive Diseases
• 31. Fire, Heat, and Hot Substances - No. of People died from Fire or Heat or any Hot Substances
• ...

Total deaths in countries measure the number of individuals who have passed away within a specific timeframe. This statistic is crucial for understanding health trends, mortality rates, and the impact of various factors on population dynamics.