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Health and life expectancy

4 questions, with yearly data from 1950 to 2025.

Questions

QuestionYearsTrust
How long do people live in each country?237 countries years of life expectancy at birthHealth and life expectancy · World1950–202560 Moderate
How many more people died than expected in 2020 and 2021 in each country?238 countries and territories excess deaths per 100,000 people, 2020 and 2021 combinedHealth and life expectancy · 237 countries2020–202152 Low
What is the suicide rate in each country?205 countries deaths by suicide per 100,000 peopleHealth and life expectancy · World1980–202455 Low
What share of adults are obese in each country?199 countries % of adults aged 18+ with a body mass index of 30 or more, age-standardisedHealth and life expectancy · World1980–202563 Moderate
Recorded changes in how sources report (132)
  • 2024, Eurostat: Eurostat flags a break in the time series in 2024. source · page
  • 2024, OECD: After 2023 figures come from abridged tables using a statistical model, an interim step until complete period life tables exist. source · page
  • 2024, OECD self-rep: OECD break in series: change of source. source · page
  • 2023, Eurostat: Eurostat flags a break in the time series in 2023. source · page
  • 2023, OECD: OECD marks a break in 2023: new population estimates from the April 2022 census. source · page
  • 2023, OECD measured: Age base moves from 18-64 (2014) to 18 and over. source · page
  • 2023, OECD self-rep: OECD break in series: population changes from 15 and over to 18 and over. source · page
  • 2022, Eurostat: Eurostat flags a break in the time series in 2022. source · page
  • 2022, OECD self-rep: The questionnaire moved mainly to online self-report; OECD advises caution for 2021 to 2022 changes. source · page
  • 2022, OECD self-rep: OECD break in series: change of source. source · page
  • 2022, OECD self-rep: OECD break in series: the source moves to the Healthy Ireland Survey, by telephone with a physical measurement module. source · page
  • 2022, OECD measured: The survey resumed. source · page
  • 2022, OECD measured: No data for 2022: body measurement was suspended during COVID-19 in the 2021-22 survey year. source · page
  • 2022, OECD self-rep: OECD break in series: change of source, from EHIS to EU-SILC. source · page
  • 2022, OECD self-rep: OECD break in method: collection moves to web questionnaires and telephone interviews. source · page
  • 2021, Eurostat: Eurostat flags a break in the time series in 2021. source · page
  • 2021, WHO register: WHO's Germany file (morticd10_add.zip, Germany.xlsx, sheet README_FIRST) says "cells with less than 3 deaths are not shown for Germany as from 2021". Rows with fewer than 3 deaths are blank from 2021, so the self-harm count from that year is a lower bound. source · page
  • 2021, OECD self-rep: OECD break in series: change of source and method. Figures for 2000 to 2015 were a visual self-assessment against four body figures, not reported height and weight. source · page
  • 2021, OECD self-rep: Change of source and age group: the series moves to the Health Survey for England with adjusted self-reports. source · page
  • 2020, Eurostat: Eurostat flags a break in the time series in 2020. source · page
  • 2020, OECD measured: No data for 2020 and 2021: the survey was cancelled because of COVID-19. source · page
  • 2020, OECD measured: Field work was suspended in March 2020; data from 2019 to March 2020 were combined with the 2017-2018 cycle. OECD stores each cycle under its middle or last year. source · page
  • 2020, OECD self-rep: Collection switched to telephone only from March 2020, with lower response rates for April to December. source · page
  • 2019, Eurostat: Eurostat flags a break in the time series in 2019. source · page
  • 2019, Eurostat EHIS: Eurostat says some questionnaire changes were made between rounds, and that round 3 was collected in 2018 for Belgium, 2018-2020 for Austria and Germany, and 2019-2020 for Malta. source · page
  • 2019, OECD self-rep: Questionnaire and weighting redesigned; OECD asks for caution in comparing 2019 with earlier years. source · page
  • 2017, Eurostat: Eurostat flags a break in the time series in 2017. source · page
  • 2017, OECD measured: Age base moves from 18 and over (2007 to 2014) to 15 and over (2017 and 2022). source · page
  • 2017, OECD self-rep: Age base moves from 18 and over (2001 to 2007) to 15 and over (2017 and 2022). source · page
  • 2017, OECD self-rep: OECD uses EU-SILC for 2017 and national health surveys for other years. source · page
  • 2017, OECD self-rep: OECD uses EU-SILC for 2017 and EHIS for 2014 and 2019. source · page
  • 2017, OECD self-rep: OECD alternates between EHIS, aged 15 and over, and EU-SILC, aged 18 and over (2017 and 2022). source · page
  • 2017, OECD self-rep: OECD break in series: change of source and age group, from a national survey aged 15-64 to EU-SILC aged 16 and over. source · page
  • 2017, OECD self-rep: OECD uses EU-SILC for 2017 and 2022 (18 and over) and health interview surveys for other years (15 and over). source · page
  • 2016, Eurostat: Eurostat flags a break in the time series in 2016. source · page
  • 2016, WHO register: WHO's data for this country switch from ICD-9 to ICD-10 in 2016: self-harm deaths are ICD-10 codes X60-X84 (intentional self-harm) from 2016, and ICD-9 Basic Tabulation List item B54 (E950-E959, suicide and self-inflicted injury) up to 2005. source · page
  • 2016, OECD self-rep: A postal survey, with an online option from 2016. source · page
  • 2016, OECD self-rep: OECD break in series: telephone samples add mobile phones to land lines. source · page
  • 2016, OECD measured: OECD break in series: ages 15-64 for 2014, and 15-74 from 2016. source · page
  • 2015, Eurostat: Eurostat flags a break in the time series in 2015. source · page

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