Cancer Death Rates by Sex Across 39 European Countries, 1950–2023

2,046 observations of death rates from cancer, disaggregated by sex, for 39 European countries. The data spans from 1950 to 2023 and was originally sourced from Our World in Data. It has been repackaged by Electric Sheep Europe for the Hugging Face platform.

Use Cases

• Analyzing long-term trends in cancer mortality based on the 1950–2023 time series
• Comparing cancer death rates between sexes across different European countries
• Studying geographic disparities in cancer mortality outcomes within Europe

Strengths

• Contains 2,046 observations, providing a substantial time-series record
• Covers a long temporal range from 1950 to 2023
• Includes data from 39 distinct European countries for geographic breadth

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Our World in Data

Time Range

1950–2023

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-03 21:06:58; freshness should be verified

Geography

39 European countries