MojNews- Heart attacks and strokes were the most common death causes in The EU in ۲۰۱۶, according to a Eurostat statement on Tuesday.The statement said in ۲۰۱۶, ۳۶% of the deaths occurred due to heart attacks and strokes and ۲۶% were because of cancer.

However, in Denmark, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, cancer was the main killer, the statement said.

The statement said a significant share of deaths in the EU were also due to accidents and other external causes.

There were ۲۳۷,۰۰۰ deaths because of accidents and other external causes in the same year, which makes ۵% of all deaths in the EU, it said.

The death rate was highest in Bulgaria, ۱,۶۰۲ deaths per ۱۰۰,۰۰۰ inhabitants, followed by Latvia and Romania (both ۱,۴۷۶), Lithuania (۱,۴۵۵) and Hungary (۱,۴۲۵).

The statement added that the lowest death rate across the EU was recorded in Spain (۸۲۹ deaths per ۱۰۰,۰۰۰ inhabitants), ahead of France (۸۳۸), Italy (۸۴۳), Malta (۸۸۲), Luxembourg (۹۰۵) and Sweden (۹۱۳).