Causes of death distribution in Belgium 2020
126.9 thousand deaths reported in the country in 2020, the predominance of natural causes also translates into numbers. Indeed, Belgium registered over 101 thousand natural casualties and seven thousand unnatural deaths. A death by natural causes is due to an illness or an internal malfunction of the body. These casualties cover causes such as infections or heart attacks. Whereas unnatural causes are caused by external forces, such as homicides, suicides, and accidents.
In 2020, most deaths in Belgium were due to natural causes. In fact, only 5.6 percent of deaths were due to unnatural causes. Over the