Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Cameroon

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in Cameroon in 2021 — 24.3%. Ranked 149 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 1.9 pp.

2021 24.3% −1 pp vs 2020
World rank 149of 185
Period maximum 27.7%2003
Period minimum 24.3%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · %

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Cameroon, 2000–20212425262728200020032006200920122015201820212000: 26.2%2001: 27.1%2002: 27.2%2003: 27.7%2004: 27.4%2005: 27.5%2006: 27.3%2007: 27.3%2008: 27.3%2009: 27.1%2010: 27%2011: 26.8%2012: 27%2013: 27%2014: 27.2%2015: 26.8%2016: 26.3%2017: 25.7%2018: 25.2%2019: 24.9%2020: 25.3%2021: 24.3%
Change over the period: −1.9 pp Annual average: -0.09 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Cameroon 24.3%
World 18.3%
Middle Africa computed 24.7%
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Cameroon, by year Cameroon All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 24.3 −1 pp
2020 25.3 +0.4 pp
2019 24.9 −0.3 pp
2018 25.2 −0.5 pp
2017 25.7 −0.6 pp
2016 26.3 −0.5 pp
2015 26.8 −0.4 pp
2014 27.2 +0.2 pp
2013 27 +0 pp
2012 27 +0.2 pp
2011 26.8 −0.2 pp
2010 27 −0.1 pp
2009 27.1 −0.2 pp
2008 27.3 +0 pp
2007 27.3 +0 pp
2006 27.3 −0.2 pp
2005 27.5 +0.1 pp
2004 27.4 −0.3 pp
2003 27.7 +0.5 pp
2002 27.2 +0.1 pp
2001 27.1 +0.9 pp
2000 26.2

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.