As of 2019 Lithuanian life expectancy at birth was 76.0 (71.2 years for males and 80.4 for females) and the infant mortality rate was 2.99 per 1,000 births. This is below the EU and OECD average. Lithuania has seen a dramatic rise in suicides in the 1990s. The suicide rate has been constantly decreasing since, but it still remains the highest in the EU and the OECD. Suicide in Lithuania has been a subject of research. As of 2019, the suicide rate is 20.2 per 100,000 people. As of 2017, 4.3% of deaths in Lithuania are caused by accidents.