Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — BRICS

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in BRICS in 2021 — 19.6%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 4.5 pp.

2021 19.6% +0 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 24.1%2000
Period minimum 19.6%2020

Trend over time

2000–2021 · %

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — BRICS, 2000–20211820222426200020032006200920122015201820212000: 24.1%2001: 23.8%2002: 23.7%2003: 23.6%2004: 23.1%2005: 22.7%2006: 22.1%2007: 21.7%2008: 21.7%2009: 21.4%2010: 21.5%2011: 21.3%2012: 21.1%2013: 20.5%2014: 20.2%2015: 20.2%2016: 20.1%2017: 20%2018: 20%2019: 19.9%2020: 19.6%2021: 19.6%
Change over the period: −4.5 pp Annual average: -0.21 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

BRICS 19.6%
World 18.3%
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — BRICS, by year BRICS All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 19.6 +0 pp
2020 19.6 −0.4 pp
2019 19.9 −0.1 pp
2018 20 +0.1 pp
2017 20 −0.2 pp
2016 20.1 −0.1 pp
2015 20.2 −0 pp
2014 20.2 −0.3 pp
2013 20.5 −0.5 pp
2012 21.1 −0.2 pp
2011 21.3 −0.2 pp
2010 21.5 +0 pp
2009 21.4 −0.2 pp
2008 21.7 −0.1 pp
2007 21.7 −0.4 pp
2006 22.1 −0.6 pp
2005 22.7 −0.4 pp
2004 23.1 −0.4 pp
2003 23.6 −0.1 pp
2002 23.7 −0.1 pp
2001 23.8 −0.3 pp
2000 24.1

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.