Number of deaths in Germany in 2014, by cause
This statistic displays the number of deaths by cause in Germany in 2014, by gender. Cardiovascular disease, apart from ischaemic heart disease, was the leading cause of death among individuals in Germany in 2014. In this year, 99.6 thousand females and 62 thousand males died from CVD. In the same period, cancer was the leading cause of death among females, while ischaemic heart disease was the leading cause of death among males.