This statistic shows the overall mortality rate from infectious diseases in China from 2015 to 2021. In 2021, approximately 1.57 out of 100,000 people in China died due to communicable diseases, an increase from the year prior mainly due to the high mortality rate of the coronavirus infection.
Infectious diseases mortality rate in China from 2015 to 2021
(per 100,000 population)
This data does not include cases registered in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao.
Figures for earlier years have been taken from previous publications.
The Chinese health authorities calculate death cases for infectious diseases in a different method than most other countries, counting only patients who died directly from the infectious disease.
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NHC. (April 22, 2022). Infectious diseases mortality rate in China from 2015 to 2021 (per 100,000 population) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/860989/infectious-diseases-mortality-rate-in-china/
NHC. "Infectious diseases mortality rate in China from 2015 to 2021 (per 100,000 population)." Chart. April 22, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/860989/infectious-diseases-mortality-rate-in-china/
NHC. (2022). Infectious diseases mortality rate in China from 2015 to 2021 (per 100,000 population). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/860989/infectious-diseases-mortality-rate-in-china/
NHC. "Infectious Diseases Mortality Rate in China from 2015 to 2021 (per 100,000 Population)." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Apr 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/860989/infectious-diseases-mortality-rate-in-china/
NHC, Infectious diseases mortality rate in China from 2015 to 2021 (per 100,000 population) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/860989/infectious-diseases-mortality-rate-in-china/ (last visited December 19, 2024)
Infectious diseases mortality rate in China from 2015 to 2021 (per 100,000 population) [Graph], NHC, April 22, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/860989/infectious-diseases-mortality-rate-in-china/
