Avoidable deaths in 2016 – For people under 75, two deaths out of three in the EU could have been avoided – Heart and lung diseases main categories of avoidable death

European Commission – EUROSTAT – – – – Brussels, 5 September 2019 In the European Union (EU), about 1.7 million persons aged less than 75 died in 2016. Among them, around 1.2 million deaths could be considered as premature according to the recently developed Eurostat-OECD list of avoidable mortality.
Source: Comunicati Stampa EU