From 2014 to 2020, death rate in France generally remained stable oscillating mostly between 8.4 and 9.9 deaths per 1,000 population. Death rate, also known as mortality rate, is the ratio between the annual number of deaths and the average total population over a given time period and on a specific territory. In 2023, the population in France reached 65.83 million people, while in 2022 the total number of deaths in France was of 675,122. Mortality rate in France increased slowly in recent years. In 2007, death rate amounted to 8.3 per thousand population, compared to 9.1 deaths ten years later.
Causes of death
In 2013, the leading cause of death among French citizens was cancer. That year, 163,602 people died of tumor, while diseases of the circulatory system were the second most common cause of death in the country. Mortality rate because of cancer was particularly high among French males, whereas females appear to be more affected by cardiovascular disease. Studies have shown that cancer was not only the leading cause of death in France, but also in Europe. More broadly health and diseases were among the major causes of death in European countries, even if traffic accidents killed more than 2,944 individuals in France in 2021.
Death rate in France from 1982 to 2023
(per 1,000 inhabitants)
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