Press release No. 258 of 16 July 2025
WIESBADEN – Approximately 236,000 people died in Germany in the 2nd quarter of 2025, according to extrapolated figures of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). Consequently, death figures in all three months were lower than the median values of the four previous years: by 2% in April, and by 3% in both May and June. The influenza wave (only in German), which mainly affected mortality figures in January and February, is considered to have ended at the beginning of April. An examination of individual calendar weeks reveals that a heat wave had a significant impact on death figures at the turn of the month into July. According to current extrapolation results, mortality figures in Week 27 (30 June to 6 July) exceeded the comparative value of the four previous years by 8%. An increase in mortality figures in connection with exposure to heat is a well-known effect that has been frequently observed (only in German) in summer months in the past.
Important technical information regarding the GENESIS-Online database:
Changes to the web service interface of our GENESIS-Online database have been in effect since 15 July 2025. POST methods of the RESTful/JSON interface can be used instead of GET methods and the SOAP/XML interface. Please verify that your processes are set up to use POST requests to communicate with the RESTful/JSON interface. Detailed technical documentation and more information about the changeover can be found on the info page on the web service interface.
