Eurostat: Causes and occurrence of deaths in the EU
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
In 2016, 5.1 million persons died in the European Union (EU), some 80 000 less than in the previous year. One third of these deaths occurred to people aged less than 75 (1.7 million, 33%), whilst 1.5 million people died between the ages of 75 and 85 (29%) in 2016. 1.9 million deaths concerned people aged 85 and over (38%). Heart attacks, strokes, cancer: main causes of deaths in the EU Slightly over 1.8 ...