Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — China

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in China in 2021 — 15.9%. Ranked 66 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 8.2 pp.

2021 15.9% +0.1 pp vs 2020
World rank 66of 185
Period maximum 24.1%2000
Period minimum 15.8%2020

Trend over time

2000–2021 · %

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — China, 2000–20211517.52022.525200020032006200920122015201820212000: 24.1%2001: 23.8%2002: 23.6%2003: 23.5%2004: 23.3%2005: 22.5%2006: 21.2%2007: 20.3%2008: 20%2009: 19.7%2010: 19.4%2011: 19%2012: 18.7%2013: 18.1%2014: 17.5%2015: 17.1%2016: 16.8%2017: 16.5%2018: 16.2%2019: 16%2020: 15.8%2021: 15.9%
Change over the period: −8.2 pp Annual average: -0.39 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

China 15.9%
World 18.3%
Eastern Asia computed 15.1%
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — China, by year China All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 15.9 +0.1 pp
2020 15.8 −0.2 pp
2019 16 −0.2 pp
2018 16.2 −0.3 pp
2017 16.5 −0.3 pp
2016 16.8 −0.3 pp
2015 17.1 −0.4 pp
2014 17.5 −0.6 pp
2013 18.1 −0.6 pp
2012 18.7 −0.3 pp
2011 19 −0.4 pp
2010 19.4 −0.3 pp
2009 19.7 −0.3 pp
2008 20 −0.3 pp
2007 20.3 −0.9 pp
2006 21.2 −1.3 pp
2005 22.5 −0.8 pp
2004 23.3 −0.2 pp
2003 23.5 −0.1 pp
2002 23.6 −0.2 pp
2001 23.8 −0.3 pp
2000 24.1

Eastern Asia, 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.