Deaths by cause in Austria in 2014, by gender
This statistic displays the number of deaths in Austria in 2014, by cause. During this year ischaemic heart disease was one of the the leading causes of death among men and women in Austria with 7,041 men and 7,244 women dying as a result of the disease. Cardiovascular disease was the single biggest killer of women, accounting for 8.9 thousand deaths in this year. Cancer was also a leading cause of death among men and women, accounting for over seven thousand male deaths in 2014.