Circulatory diseases main cause of death for men and women aged 65 years and over - Products Euro Indicators

For the older EU28 population, those aged 65 years and over, circulatory diseases and neoplasms were by far the most prevalent causes of death in 2010, with 1 931 deaths and 1 075 deaths respectively per 100 000 inhabitants of this age group. Respiratory diseases (378 deaths per 100 000 inhabitants), digestive diseases (177), diseases of the nervous system (154) and deaths due to external causes (125) were the other main causes of death for this age group. For all main causes, the standardised death rates for older men in the EU28 were higher than for older women.