Deaths in Slovakia in 2014, by cause
This statistic displays the number of deaths in Slovakia in 2014, by cause. During this year the number of deaths caused by cardiovascular, cancer, injuries and poisonings reached 51.3 thousand. The leading cause of death among both males and females was ischaemic heart disease which caused the deaths of 7.2 thousand females and 6.1 thousand males. The second leading killer was stroke which accounted for almost 5.2 thousand deaths.