the eu comprised the following countries austria belgium denmark finland france germany greece ireland italy luxembourg the netherlands portugal spain sweden and the united kingdom source oecd health data and rosstat taken individually different categories of ncds and injuries make up the ten leading causes of death in the russian federation and account for of deaths in the russian population as a whole rosstat standardised mortality rates smr for cerebrovascular diseases and ischaemic heart diseases are twice as large as the oecd average and are ten times larger than the best performing oecd countries figure