Countries adopting the International Classification of Diseases guidelines

The number of countries that have reported to the WHO Mortality Database using a given version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) to classifycauses of death.

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Data source: WHO Mortality Database (2024)Learn more about this data

Note: Countries are only included in the WHO Mortality Database if over 65% of deaths have a registered cause. There is at least an 18-month lag before countries report finalized data; itshould not be inferred from this chart that reporting for the most recent years has decreased.

Countries adopting the International Classification of Diseases guidelines

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