Circulatory diseases accounted for one-third of deaths in the EU in 2023. In total, 4.84 million people died in the European Union that year. Circulatory diseases are responsible for 1.59 million deaths (32.8%). Circulatory diseases include conditions such as high blood pressure, heart disease and diseases affecting the veins and arteries.
Cancer was the second most common cause of death, accounting for 1.16 million deaths (23.9%), followed by respiratory diseases – excluding COVID-19 – with 0.38 million deaths (7.8%).
Other major causes of death included external causes of morbidity and mortality (5.0%), diseases of the digestive system (4.4%), mental and behavioural disorders (4.3%), diseases of the nervous system (4.3%), endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (3.5%) and COVID-19 (2.1%)…
