Health in Carinthia, Austria: official figures
Life expectancy at birth was 82.3 years in 2024 (82.1 for Austria); 6th highest of 9 states in Austria.
How many people get cancer in Carinthia?
3,712 new cancer cases were registered among residents of Carinthia in 2024, against 3,406 in 2014.
Source: Statistik Austria · saved copyHow many GPs are there in Carinthia?
Carinthia had 2,994 practising doctors at the end of 2024, including 805 general practitioners (141.2 per 100,000, 4th highest of 9) and 697 specialists (297.7 per 100,000).
Source: Statistik Austria · saved copyHow many hospital stays are there in Carinthia?
Residents of Carinthia accounted for 158,874 inpatient hospital stays in 2024, 27,877 per 100,000 people (the highest of 9), with an average stay of 8.3 days.
Source: Statistik Austria · saved copyWhat is the caesarean rate in Carinthia?
33.7% of babies in Carinthia were delivered by caesarean section in 2024, up from 13.6% in 1995.
Source: Statistik Austria · saved copyWhat is the death rate in Carinthia?
The age-standardised death rate from all causes was 952.9 per 100,000 people in 2021, compared with 982.1 nationally and 1,073.4 in the EU; 4th lowest of 9 states in Austria. Age-standardised rates allow fair comparison between places with older and younger populations.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyHow many people die of cancer in Carinthia?
The age-standardised cancer death rate was 221.3 per 100,000 in 2023 (Austria: 221.2; EU: 233.1); 4th highest of 9 states in Austria. In 2015 it was 235.4.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyHow many people die of heart disease in Carinthia?
Heart and circulatory diseases caused 338.3 deaths per 100,000 in 2023 (age-standardised) (Austria: 333.4; EU: 312.9); 4th highest of 9 states in Austria. In 2015 it was 422.7.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyHow many people die of respiratory disease in Carinthia?
Respiratory diseases caused 54.2 deaths per 100,000 in 2023 (age-standardised) (Austria: 57.7; EU: 75.2); 3rd lowest of 9 states in Austria. In 2015 it was 56.0.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyWhat is the suicide rate in Carinthia?
In 2023, 18.1 people per 100,000 took their own life (age-standardised) (Austria: 14.0; EU: 10.4); the highest of 9 states in Austria. In 2015 it was 22.0.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyHow many people die in accidents in Carinthia?
Accidents, injuries, violence and other external causes killed 65.7 per 100,000 in 2023 (age-standardised) (Austria: 58.7; EU: 49.4); 2nd highest of 9 states in Austria. In 2015 it was 65.7.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyWhat is the infant mortality rate in Carinthia?
The infant mortality rate was 0.5 per 1,000 live births in 2024, against 3.1 for Austria as a whole and 3.5 across the EU; the lowest of 9 states in Austria. In 2014 it was 1.3.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyHow many hospital beds does Carinthia have?
Hospitals in Carinthia had 768 beds for every 100,000 residents in 2024, against 655 for Austria as a whole; 2nd highest of 9 states in Austria.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyHow many doctors are there in Carinthia?
Carinthia had 531 physicians for every 100,000 residents in 2025, against 577 for Austria as a whole; 4th lowest of 9 states in Austria.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyHow many people go to hospital in Carinthia?
Hospitals discharged 24,294 in-patients per 100,000 people in 2021, compared with 20,917 nationally; 2nd highest of 9 states in Austria. In 2012 it was 31,377.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyHow many people die on the roads in Carinthia?
There were 53 road deaths per million people in 2024, against 38 for Austria as a whole; the highest of 9 states in Austria. In 2014 it was 47.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyWhat is life expectancy for men and women in Carinthia?
Women in Carinthia could expect to live to 84.9 and men to 79.6 at 2024 death rates, a gap of 5.3 years.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyHow long do people live after 65 in Carinthia?
People who reached 65 could expect 20.5 more years of life in 2024 (Austria: 20.3).
Source: Eurostat · saved copyMore figures
- Adjusted for age, Carinthia recorded 547.2 new cancer cases per 100,000 people in 2024, the highest of 9 Länder (Austria: 500.8). Source: Statistik Austria · saved copy
- There were 308 practising dentists in Carinthia in 2024, 54.0 per 100,000 people against 59.8 nationally. Source: Statistik Austria · saved copy
- 11.2% of the 2,505 young men from Carinthia examined for military service (born 2006) were obese and a further 21.3% overweight, against 11.0% obese nationally. Source: Statistik Austria · saved copy
How Carinthia compares with other states
New cancer cases per 100,000 (age-standardised, European standard population 2013) (2024)
Carinthia ranks 1 of 9, highest first.
| Rank | Region | New cancer cases per 100,000 (age-standardised, European standard population 2013) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carinthia | 547.2 |
| 2 | Upper Austria | 534.8 |
| 3 | Vorarlberg | 513.4 |
| 4 | Lower Austria | 506.2 |
| 5 | Styria | 504.4 |
| 6 | Tyrol | 504.4 |
| 7 | Burgenland | 500.5 |
Practising general practitioners per 100,000 population (2024)
Carinthia ranks 4 of 9, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Practising general practitioners per 100,000 population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Styria | 162.3 |
| 2 | Vienna | 161.2 |
| 3 | Salzburg | 153.1 |
| 4 | Carinthia | 141.2 |
| 5 | Burgenland | 139.8 |
| 6 | Lower Austria | 138.4 |
| 7 | Tyrol | 124.7 |
Practising dentists per 100,000 population (2024)
Carinthia ranks 4 of 9, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Practising dentists per 100,000 population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vienna | 82.9 |
| 2 | Tyrol | 69.6 |
| 3 | Salzburg | 66.2 |
| 4 | Carinthia | 54.0 |
| 5 | Styria | 54.0 |
| 6 | Vorarlberg | 52.7 |
| 7 | Lower Austria | 49.4 |
Inpatient hospital stays per 100,000 population (by province of residence) (2024)
Carinthia ranks 1 of 9, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Inpatient hospital stays per 100,000 population (by province of residence) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carinthia | 27,877 |
| 2 | Upper Austria | 27,020 |
| 3 | Styria | 26,234 |
| 4 | Burgenland | 25,828 |
| 5 | Tyrol | 25,760 |
| 6 | Lower Austria | 25,509 |
| 7 | Salzburg | 24,880 |
Obesity among 18-year-old male conscripts (born 2006), % (2024)
Carinthia ranks 3 of 9, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Obesity among 18-year-old male conscripts (born 2006), % |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burgenland | 14.0% |
| 2 | Lower Austria | 12.3% |
| 3 | Carinthia | 11.2% |
| 4 | Upper Austria | 11.2% |
| 5 | Vienna | 11.1% |
| 6 | Styria | 10.9% |
| 7 | Tyrol | 9.3% |
Caesarean section rate (% of births) (2024)
Carinthia ranks 2 of 9, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Caesarean section rate (% of births) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Styria | 38.2% |
| 2 | Carinthia | 33.7% |
| 3 | Tyrol | 33.5% |
| 4 | Lower Austria | 33.1% |
| 5 | Burgenland | 33.0% |
| 6 | Vienna | 32.8% |
| 7 | Upper Austria | 29.1% |
Deaths per 100,000 (age-standardised, all causes) (2021)
Carinthia ranks 6 of 9, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Deaths per 100,000 (age-standardised, all causes) |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Vienna | 1,015.5 |
| 4 | Upper Austria | 987.1 |
| 5 | Styria | 953.5 |
| 6 | Carinthia | 952.9 |
| 7 | Salzburg | 914.8 |
| 8 | Vorarlberg | 862.6 |
| 9 | Tyrol | 859.5 |
Cancer deaths per 100,000 (age-standardised) (2023)
Carinthia ranks 4 of 9, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Cancer deaths per 100,000 (age-standardised) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vienna | 231.0 |
| 2 | Lower Austria | 229.8 |
| 3 | Styria | 228.2 |
| 4 | Carinthia | 221.3 |
| 5 | Upper Austria | 218.2 |
| 6 | Burgenland | 215.0 |
| 7 | Salzburg | 200.1 |
Heart and circulatory deaths per 100,000 (age-standardised) (2023)
Carinthia ranks 4 of 9, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Heart and circulatory deaths per 100,000 (age-standardised) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burgenland | 390.4 |
| 2 | Lower Austria | 356.3 |
| 3 | Vienna | 338.6 |
| 4 | Carinthia | 338.3 |
| 5 | Styria | 331.8 |
| 6 | Upper Austria | 325.8 |
| 7 | Tyrol | 297.8 |
Respiratory deaths per 100,000 (age-standardised) (2023)
Carinthia ranks 7 of 9, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Respiratory deaths per 100,000 (age-standardised) |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Styria | 56.9 |
| 4 | Upper Austria | 55.7 |
| 5 | Salzburg | 55.6 |
| 6 | Lower Austria | 55.3 |
| 7 | Carinthia | 54.2 |
| 8 | Vorarlberg | 50.5 |
| 9 | Burgenland | 40.8 |
Suicides per 100,000 (age-standardised) (2023)
Carinthia ranks 1 of 9, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Suicides per 100,000 (age-standardised) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carinthia | 18.1 |
| 2 | Styria | 16.0 |
| 3 | Lower Austria | 15.6 |
| 4 | Upper Austria | 14.8 |
| 5 | Tyrol | 14.3 |
| 6 | Salzburg | 14.2 |
| 7 | Vorarlberg | 13.0 |
Deaths from accidents, injury and violence per 100,000 (2023)
Carinthia ranks 2 of 9, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Deaths from accidents, injury and violence per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salzburg | 68.0 |
| 2 | Carinthia | 65.7 |
| 3 | Tyrol | 64.2 |
| 4 | Lower Austria | 61.5 |
| 5 | Upper Austria | 61.0 |
| 6 | Styria | 56.1 |
| 7 | Vorarlberg | 48.5 |
Infant deaths per 1,000 live births (2024)
Carinthia ranks 9 of 9, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Infant deaths per 1,000 live births |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Styria | 2.8 |
| 4 | Lower Austria | 2.7 |
| 5 | Vorarlberg | 2.1 |
| 6 | Burgenland | 2.1 |
| 7 | Tyrol | 1.8 |
| 8 | Salzburg | 1.8 |
| 9 | Carinthia | 0.5 |
Hospital beds per 100,000 people (2024)
Carinthia ranks 2 of 9, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Hospital beds per 100,000 people |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salzburg | 793 |
| 2 | Carinthia | 768 |
| 3 | Styria | 723 |
| 4 | Vienna | 654 |
| 5 | Lower Austria | 636 |
| 6 | Upper Austria | 621 |
| 7 | Tyrol | 601 |
Doctors per 100,000 people (2025)
Carinthia ranks 6 of 9, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Doctors per 100,000 people |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Tyrol | 626 |
| 4 | Styria | 556 |
| 5 | Burgenland | 532 |
| 6 | Carinthia | 531 |
| 7 | Lower Austria | 512 |
| 8 | Vorarlberg | 467 |
| 9 | Upper Austria | 466 |
Hospital in-patient discharges per 100,000 (2021)
Carinthia ranks 2 of 9, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Hospital in-patient discharges per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salzburg | 25,719 |
| 2 | Carinthia | 24,294 |
| 3 | Tyrol | 23,277 |
| 4 | Upper Austria | 22,872 |
| 5 | Styria | 22,035 |
| 6 | Vienna | 19,981 |
| 7 | Vorarlberg | 18,039 |
Road deaths per million people (2024)
Carinthia ranks 1 of 9, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Road deaths per million people |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carinthia | 53 |
| 2 | Styria | 50 |
| 3 | Burgenland | 50 |
| 4 | Lower Austria | 49 |
| 5 | Salzburg | 49 |
| 6 | Upper Austria | 47 |
| 7 | Tyrol | 41 |
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