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Deaths. By sex. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces

Deaths. By sex. Counties and Aran, areas and provinces Catalonia
Men Women Total
2022 35,395 35,311 70,706
2021 35,386 33,956 69,342
2020 39,828 39,956 79,784
2019 32,498 32,049 64,547
2018 33,352 33,210 66,562
2017 33,075 33,090 66,165
2016 31,796 31,493 63,289
2015 32,212 32,654 64,866
2014 30,866 30,453 61,319
Source: Idescat. Deaths Statistics.
Note: From 2012 onwards, as well as deaths taking place within Catalonia of the resident population, this also includes deaths of the population resident in Catalonia taking place in other autonomous communities.

Last update: December 12, 2023.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Deaths
Death of a person born alive. Until 1974 this was considered to be the death of a person who had lived for 24 hours.
Most tables reflect the municipality of residence of the deceased, which is the most significant variable, as opposed to the place where it is registered, as most deaths occur in health centres that could be located in a municipality that could be different to that of residence. However, it was only in 1991 that it was authorised that deaths should be registered in the municipality of residence of the deceased.

Methodological aspects

The Death Statistics provide information on the deaths of people residing in Catalonia according to their demographic and social characteristics.

Idescat carries out this statistical operation in collaboration with the INE and the Ministry of Health of the Generalitat de Catalunya, based on data from Medical Death Certificates and the Death Statistics Bulletin issued by the Civil Registry. Until 2011, the data refers to the registrations made in Catalonia of people who reside there. From 2012 onwards, it includes all events involving residents in Catalonia who have been registered in other autonomous communities.

From 2012 onwards, the data is reported annually in two phases: the provisional data, based on events concerning residents registered with civil registries of Catalonia, and the definitive data, with events concerning all residents (including those registered with civil registries in other autonomous communities).

Unavailable information is represented using the symbol ":". When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".