Deaths from mental and behavioural disorders and intentional self-harm

In 2020, there were 194 000 deaths in the EU resulting from mental and behavioural disorders, equivalent to 3.7 % of all deaths. Relative to the population, there were 39 deaths from mental and behavioural disorders per 100 000 inhabitants in the EU in 2020.

Mental and behavioural disorders were a particularly common cause of death at advanced ages. The EU standardised death rate from mental and behavioural disorders in 2020 for those aged 65 years and over was 44 times as high as the standardised death rate for…