Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Belgium

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in Belgium in 2021 — 9.2%. Ranked 13 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 6.2 pp.

2021 9.2% +0.1 pp vs 2020
World rank 13of 185
Period maximum 15.4%2000
Period minimum 9.1%2020

Trend over time

2000–2021 · %

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Belgium, 2000–2021810121416200020032006200920122015201820212000: 15.4%2001: 15.1%2002: 15%2003: 14.5%2004: 13.7%2005: 13.7%2006: 13.4%2007: 13.1%2008: 13.2%2009: 12.9%2010: 13%2011: 12.6%2012: 12.2%2013: 11.9%2014: 11.5%2015: 11.5%2016: 11.1%2017: 10.6%2018: 10.4%2019: 10%2020: 9.1%2021: 9.2%
Change over the period: −6.2 pp Annual average: -0.3 pp

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Belgium

Belgium 9.2%
World 18.3%
Western Europe computed 10.6%
High-income countries computed 12.7%
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Belgium, by year Belgium All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 9.2 +0.1 pp
2020 9.1 −0.9 pp
2019 10 −0.4 pp
2018 10.4 −0.2 pp
2017 10.6 −0.5 pp
2016 11.1 −0.4 pp
2015 11.5 +0 pp
2014 11.5 −0.4 pp
2013 11.9 −0.3 pp
2012 12.2 −0.4 pp
2011 12.6 −0.4 pp
2010 13 +0.1 pp
2009 12.9 −0.3 pp
2008 13.2 +0.1 pp
2007 13.1 −0.3 pp
2006 13.4 −0.3 pp
2005 13.7 +0 pp
2004 13.7 −0.8 pp
2003 14.5 −0.5 pp
2002 15 −0.1 pp
2001 15.1 −0.3 pp
2000 15.4

Western Europe, 2021

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The probability that a person who has reached the age of 30 will die before 70 from one of four groups of noncommunicable diseases: cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease. This is not the share of those who died but a calculated risk based on current age-specific mortality rates. The indicator belongs to the Sustainable Development Goals as the principal measure of the burden of noncommunicable diseases, because it takes precisely premature mortality — death before the age that is considered expected.

Important: Four groups of diseases, not all noncommunicable ones: that is how SDG target 3.4 is set. The age range 30–70 is chosen in order to separate premature mortality from mortality in old age.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.