In 2023, 118,947 people died in the country, 4.8% less than in 2022 (124,942): 118,344 were residents (99.5% of the total) and 603 lived abroad (0.5% of the total).

Cerebrovascular diseases, also known as strokes, were responsible for the highest number of deaths of residents (9,177 deaths, or 7.8% of total deaths of residents), despite a decrease of 4.6% compared to the previous year. The mortality rate from cerebrovascular diseases was 86.7 deaths of residents per 100,000 inhabitants, lower than in 2022 (92.1).

There were 6.0% fewer deaths of residents due to ischemic heart disease (6,414 deaths, representing 5.4% of total deaths of residents in 2023) and 6.2% fewer deaths of residents due to acute myocardial infarction (3,664, representing 3.1% of deaths of residents).

Of all deaths due to malignant neoplasms, 4,490 deaths caused by malignant neoplasms of the trachea, bronchi and lung stood out, which represented 3.8% of the total resident deaths and increased by 1.8% over the previous year. Malignant neoplasms of the colon, rectum and anus accounted for 3.1% of resident mortality in 2023, with 3,639 deaths (1.2% more than in the previous year).

Diseases of the respiratory system caused 13,110 resident deaths, 8.2% more than in the previous year and leading to an increase in the mortality rate from 116.0 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2022 to 123.9 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2023. Almost 56% of the increase in deaths caused by diseases of the respiratory system was associated with the increase in deaths from pneumonia, with 5,042 deaths in 2023. 

In 2023, there were 2,535 deaths caused by the COVID-19 disease, representing 2.1% of the total deaths that occurred in the country, and 32.5% of the total of 7,797 deaths from this disease that occurred in the previous year.