New Online Dashboards Present Causes of Death Statistics in Luxembourg

Luxembourg's Ministry of Health and Social Security has announced the online publication of new dashboards on causes of death statistics in the Grand Duchy.

These dashboards, accessible on the health portal of the Luxembourg government, interactively present data from the causes of death register of the Health Directorate, covering the period from 1998 to the most recent validated year (currently 2022).

According to the ministry, this new approach represents an innovation in the publication of causes of death statistics in Luxembourg, which had previously been published in an annual report since 1967. Through this interactive online format, users can quickly access the data and make precise selections using filters. In addition, custom tables and figures are downloadable.

Two dashboards are available. The first dashboard concerns foetal and infant mortality, bringing together foetal and infant deaths occurring on Luxembourg territory. Foetal-infant mortality includes the mortality of stillborn children and children born alive who die before the age of one. It is accessible on Sante.lu here.

The second dashboard concerns general mortality, including all deaths occurring on Luxembourg territory, with the exception of stillbirths. It is accessible on Sante.lu here. This latest dashboard won second prize in the "Data Meets Art" competition organised by Data Studio Luxembourg.

The ministry noted that causes of death statistics provide information on the main cause of each death, whether a resident or a non-resident, occurring on Luxembourg territory. The coding of causes of death is based on the tenth version of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD-10) of the World Health Organization (WHO).

Luxembourg's Minister of Health and Social Security, Martine Deprez, stated: "The new interactive features for the publication of causes of death statistics in Luxembourg represent a major advance in the transparency of information and in access to health data. They allow all stakeholders, whether citizens, researchers, health professionals or decision-makers, to better understand the trends and issues linked to mortality."