Total mortality : Total mortality (SDR, all causes) for all ages, both sexes, in Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and the EU-27, 1994-2003

Total mortality (SDR, all causes), per 100,000 for both sexes and all ages in Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and the EU-27 (source: Eurostat, 2006)

	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Austria	756	745	732	709	691	679	657	632	649	651
Belgium	749	744	727	715	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bulgaria	-	-	-	1240	1197	1150	1153	1085	1103	1089
Cyprus	-	-	-	-	-	557	674	634	664	645
Czech Republic	1034	1025	970	961	923	912	893	878	881	899
Denmark	845	870	837	806	779	776	754	750	-	-
Estonia	-	-	-	-	-	1126	1109	1117	1091	1067
Finland	766	772	753	740	728	718	703	678	676	660
France	661	663	656	638	640	633	614	622	620	630
Germany	780	766	751	725	709	693	675	657	661	641
Greece	707	700	690	669	714	706	678	679	675	674
Hungary	-	-	-	-	-	1192	1096	1035	1034	1048
Iceland	625	717	660	643	611	628	600	549	559	545
Ireland	860	871	842	833	820	826	790	746	717	686
Italy	683	671	645	636	640	613	597	585	572	-
Latvia	-	-	-	-	-	1162	1126	1148	1127	1114
Lithuania	1203	1186	1117	1065	1051	979	973	1038	1022	1007
Luxembourg	744	724	739	709	710	-	675	671	666	706
Malta	-	-	-	-	-	762	707	669	671	683
Netherlands	725	724	723	702	700	704	693	681	678	666
Norway	711	705	687	688	675	677	655	642	641	611
Poland	-	-	-	-	-	990	939	912	890	892
Portugal	857	877	843	809	800	793	756	736	729	731
Romania	-	-	-	-	-	1165	1106	1105	1024	1120
Slovakia	-	-	-	-	-	1001	1003	991	-	-
Slovenia	932	892	863	866	947	833	800	784	777	794
Spain	674	674	667	647	649	653	621	607	593	600
Sweden	646	647	637	632	626	621	605	600	599	582
Switzerland	638	640	618	591	580	608	582	565	555	554
United Kingdom	754	763	748	733	726	723	676	-	-	-
EU-15	725	720	707	689	684	744	650	641	-	-
EU-25	-	-	-	-	-	785	694	685	-	-

- : no data available

Remarks

The quality of the data is subject to different reporting and classification procedures in each country (certification and coding procedures). Procedures for the collection of COD data are relatively homogenous among European countries (death certificate, use of ICD).

Important quality and comparability issues nevertheless remain. Based on the report “Comparability and Quality Improvement of the European Causes of Death Statistics” (http://forum.europa.eu.int/Public/irc/dsis/health/library?l=/reports/causessofsdeath&vm=detailed&sb=Title), the work on improving certification and coding procedures is continuing.