People aged 90 and over made up a larger share of deaths recorded in Málaga province in the first eight months of 2026 than in the same period a decade earlier, according to figures from Spain’s National Statistics Institute (INE) cited by SUR in English.
The figures put deaths among the over-90s at 2,124 between January and August 2026, compared with 1,361 over the same months in 2016. Their share of all deaths rose from 16.1% to 21.4%.
By contrast, the share of deaths among people aged 85 to 89 fell from 18.4% to 16.8% over the period. The share among those aged 80 to 84 also declined, from 19% to 16%.
SUR in English also reports that the number of residents aged over 90 in the province has risen from fewer than 10,000 in 2016 to around 15,500 over the past year. That points to a larger population in the oldest age group, but the figures supplied do not establish why its share of deaths has increased.
The figures cover the province as a whole and do not provide a breakdown by municipality or district. They therefore do not show how the trend varies between Málaga city and other parts of the province.
The data are a demographic indicator, not a forecast of an individual’s life expectancy or a measure of deaths from any particular cause. No further breakdown or explanation of the changes is included in the supplied material.