Official Belgian data, explained
Deaths by cause, age and district by district in Belgium (2022)
This page maps Deaths by cause, age and district for one nationally comparable 2022 slice. Every figure below uses the same disclosed definition, unit, geography and source.
Health
What this indicator measures
Annual cause-of-death output for the selected terminal Sciensano ICD-10 cause. Values remain at the exact published district grain; no municipality values are inferred.
Indicator dossier
Data passport
- Selected reference period
- 2022
- Geography
- administrative districts
- Boundary set
- Statistical sectors 2022
- Measure
- Deaths by cause, age and district
- Unit
- deaths
- Comparable areas
- 43
- Coverage
- 100%
Indicator dossier
Selected slice
Exact catalogue filters applied to the map, statistics and comparison.
- Cause of death (ICD-10)
- All natural death (ICD-10=A00-R99,U07)
- Age group
- Total
- Sex
- All sexes
- Nationality
- All nationalities
Latest published slice
How to read the pattern
- Median
- 2,028deaths
- Unweighted area mean
- 2,527deaths
- Minimum
- 422deaths
- Maximum
- 9,468deaths
Across the valid national comparison set, the median is 2,028 deaths. Values extend from 422 to 9,468 deaths. This describes geographic variation; it is not a score of local quality.
Geography
Map of Belgium
- 9,468circle area
- 2,028circle area
- 1,009circle area
Areas
Value distribution
| Value | Areas |
|---|---|
| 422–1,553 | 20 |
| 1,553–2,684 | 6 |
| 2,684–3,814 | 8 |
| 3,814–4,945 | 4 |
| 4,945–6,076 | 2 |
| 6,076–7,207 | 1 |
| 7,207–8,337 | 1 |
| 8,337–9,468 | 1 |
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administrative districts
Highest and lowest values
From 43 comparable areas, the table shows a concise descriptive high-and-low sample. Equal values do not imply equal local circumstances.
| Highest | 1 | Arrondissement Antwerpen | 11000 | 9,468 deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highest | 2 | Arrondissement de Bruxelles-Capitale | 21000 | 8,325 deaths |
| Highest | 3 | Arrondissement de Liège | 62000 | 6,573 deaths |
| Highest | 4 | Arrondissement Halle-Vilvoorde | 23000 | 5,574 deaths |
| Highest | 5 | Arrondissement Gent | 44000 | 5,058 deaths |
| Highest | 6 | Arrondissement Leuven | 24000 | 4,808 deaths |
| Highest | 7 | Arrondissement Turnhout | 13000 | 4,277 deaths |
| Highest | 8 | Arrondissement de Charleroi | 52000 | 4,274 deaths |
| Highest | 9 | Arrondissement Hasselt | 71000 | 4,050 deaths |
| Highest | 10 | Arrondissement de Nivelles | 25000 | 3,614 deaths |
| Lowest | 43 | Arrondissement de Bastogne | 82000 | 422 deaths |
| Lowest | 42 | Arrondissement d’Arlon | 81000 | 487 deaths |
| Lowest | 41 | Arrondissement Diksmuide | 32000 | 566 deaths |
| Lowest | 40 | Arrondissement de Virton | 85000 | 575 deaths |
| Lowest | 39 | Arrondissement de Marche-en-Famenne | 83000 | 579 deaths |
| Lowest | 38 | Arrondissement de Neufchâteau | 84000 | 621 deaths |
| Lowest | 37 | Arrondissement de Philippeville | 93000 | 726 deaths |
| Lowest | 36 | Arrondissement de Waremme | 64000 | 848 deaths |
| Lowest | 35 | Arrondissement Veurne | 38000 | 853 deaths |
| Lowest | 34 | Arrondissement Tielt | 37000 | 940 deaths |
Method and limitations
Method and limitations
No missing value is imputed. Where colour classes are used, their breaks and colours come from the catalogue; source-declared suppression remains missing.
The area mean gives every published geographic area equal weight. It is not weighted by population, exposure or area size.
Source-native district observations; no higher-grain value is assigned to a lower geography.
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Sources, licence and provenance
- Source
- Sciensano
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0