Over the period under consideration, the lowest number of deaths in Hungary was registered in 2014 at 126 thousand. In 2020, 141 thousand people died in the country, which represented an increase of nearly nine percent compared to the previous year. During 2020, as a consequence of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the monthly number of fatalities started increasing over the fall and peaked in December when 17 thousand people died. In 2022, a total of 136 thousand people lost their lives in the country.
Causes of death
Each year between 2009 and 2020, malignant neoplasms, or in other words cancerous tumors were the most frequent cause of death, accounting for over 30 thousand fatalities each year. Ischemic heart diseases also caused a high number of deaths in the country, while in 2020 another nine thousand people lost their lives to the coronavirus (COVID-19).
Suicides
The number of suicides decreased overall in Hungary during the past years, reaching its lowest value in 2019 at 1.6 thousand cases. However, in 2020 a slight increase was recorded, and the number of suicides reached 1.7 thousand. Each year more men than women took their own lives, counting 1.3 thousand men and 0.4 thousand women in 2020.
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Hungarian Central Statistical Office. (July 28, 2023). Number of deaths in Hungary from 2010 to 2022 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1127194/hungary-number-of-deaths/
Hungarian Central Statistical Office. "Number of deaths in Hungary from 2010 to 2022 (in 1,000s)." Chart. July 28, 2023. Statista. Accessed September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1127194/hungary-number-of-deaths/
Hungarian Central Statistical Office. (2023). Number of deaths in Hungary from 2010 to 2022 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1127194/hungary-number-of-deaths/
Hungarian Central Statistical Office. "Number of Deaths in Hungary from 2010 to 2022 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Jul 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1127194/hungary-number-of-deaths/
Hungarian Central Statistical Office, Number of deaths in Hungary from 2010 to 2022 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1127194/hungary-number-of-deaths/ (last visited September 01, 2024)
Number of deaths in Hungary from 2010 to 2022 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Hungarian Central Statistical Office, July 28, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1127194/hungary-number-of-deaths/