Data (hopefully) correct as of Daily Dump on 5.7.2021
Cause | Number of nations with cause | Total percentage points | Average % for nations with cause | Average % overall |
Old Age | 214506 | 13861114.5 | 64.62 | 62.13 |
Heart Disease | 158019 | 2820022.6 | 17.85 | 12.64 |
Murder | 107081 | 786603.1 | 7.35 | 3.53 |
Lost in Wilderness | 104708 | 610479.4 | 5.83 | 2.74 |
Acts of God | 85952 | 406336.6 | 4.73 | 1.82 |
Cancer | 85026 | 1378655.2 | 16.21 | 6.18 |
Exposure | 53326 | 557606 | 10.46 | 2.50 |
Suicide While in Police Custody | 48091 | 28383.6 | 0.59 | 0.13 |
Accident | 37114 | 50014.3 | 1.35 | 0.22 |
Animal Attack | 28542 | 35432.6 | 1.24 | 0.16 |
Disappearance | 20684 | 631618.2 | 30.54 | 2.83 |
Work | 18695 | 330862.9 | 17.70 | 1.48 |
Ritual Sacrifice | 18085 | 215876.5 | 11.94 | 0.97 |
War | 15093 | 33063.4 | 2.19 | 0.15 |
Capital Punishment | 15082 | 111238.6 | 7.38 | 0.50 |
Bungee Jumping | 13838 | 16244 | 1.17 | 0.07 |
Scurvy | 12408 | 22631 | 1.82 | 0.10 |
Nuclear Spill | 11738 | 7448.9 | 0.63 | 0.03 |
Involuntary Euthanasia | 8592 | 385036.6 | 44.81 | 1.73 |
Sunburn | 3785 | 11567.2 | 3.06 | 0.05 |
Vat Leakage | 1686 | 5341 | 3.17 | 0.02 |
Malnourishment | 1067 | 3259.1 | 3.05 | 0.01 |
Space Shuttle Mishap | 114 | 18.6 | 0.16 | 0.00 |
- The "total percentage points" column is the sum of each nation's % for that cause of death.
- The "Average % for nations with cause" is exactly that, calculated by total percentage points / number of nations with that cause.
- The "Average % overall" includes even nations without deaths from that cause, calculated by total percentage points / total number of nations.
Python code used to generate the first three columns: here. The other two were calculated with LibreOffice.