Causes of death

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What were the underlying causes of recent deaths? How many deaths have been attributed to COVID-19? Figures on causes of death are based on the cause-of-death certificates that are completed by an attending medical practitioner. CBS receives these certificates via the municipality where the death occurred. The latest provisional figures are reported monthly on StatLine, for example in this table In addition, CBS publishes supplementary tables, news releases and background articles on recent developments in causes of death.

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Fewer deaths in 2023

COVID-19 mortality continues to decline in 2023

Excess mortality in September

73 inhabitants drowned in 2022

Far fewer COVID-19 deaths in 2022 than in 2020 and 2021

No excess mortality in February

Burial in cemetery

No more excess mortality at end of January

1,468 COVID-19 deaths in Q3 2022

1,420 COVID-19 deaths in Q2 2022

3,480 COVID-19 deaths in Q1

A nurse wearing purple gloves holds the hand of a patient.

Fewer fatal drownings in 2021

Two members of the Maritime Rescue Squad on a jet ski speak to a man on an SUP paddle.

1,859 suicide deaths in 2021: 36 more than in 2020

Three hearts made of copper at a cemetary

Over 19 thousand COVID-19 deaths in 2021

953 COVID-19 deaths in third quarter of 2021

Fewer COVID-19 deaths in Q2 than in Q1 2021

1 out of 8 deaths in 2020 due to COVID-19

Operating theatre

1.6 thousand COVID-19 deaths in March

2.5 thousand COVID-19 deaths in February

Nearly 4.4 thousand COVID-19 deaths in January

610 traffic deaths in 2020

3.9 thousand COVID-19 deaths in December 2020

Nearly 13 thousand COVID-19 deaths up to November 2020

10 thousand COVID-19 deaths during first wave of the pandemic

6.3 thousand deaths due to confirmed COVID-19 in March and April 2020

More traffic deaths among people in their twenties and thirties

13 people a day die after a fall