The most common cause of death in Russia was circulatory system diseases with approximately 567 deaths per 100 thousand of the country's population in 2022. Furthermore, 191.6 deaths per 100 thousand population occurred due to neoplasms, which were the second main cause of mortality in the country. The third most common category was the coronavirus infection cause by COVID-19, at nearly 95 deaths per 100 thousand residents.
Are there more births or deaths in Russia per year?
In recent years, the annual number of deaths was higher than the count of births in Russia. The natural decrease in the population, calculated as the difference between deaths and births, was around one million in 2021. The number of deaths per one thousand population, also known as the mortality rate, increased from 14.6 in 2020 to 16.7 in 2021.
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Russian Federal State Statistics Service. (June 23, 2023). Number of deaths from selected major causes in Russia in 2022 (per 100,000 population) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 02, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/892363/main-causes-of-death-in-russia/
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