Fewer deaths in 2023 – Statistics Netherlands

There was an influenza epidemic in Q1 2023 that lasted fourteen weeks, during which more people died than in Q1 2022. However, in the remaining quarters of 2023, fewer people died than in the corresponding quarters in 2022. The relatively high mortality rate in Q4, a pattern which has been evident every year since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, persisted in 2023.

COVID-19 is steadily decreasing as a cause of death. In the first three quarters of 2023, this was the cause of death for less than 2 percent of deaths. In 2022, it was the cause of death for 5 percent of deaths, in 2021 for 13 percent and in 2020 for 14 percent.

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Fewer deaths in 2023 - Statistics Netherlands