Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — East Asia & Pacific

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in East Asia & Pacific in 2021 — 16.9%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 5.9 pp.

2021 16.9% +0.2 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 22.8%2000
Period minimum 16.8%2020

Trend over time

2000–2021 · %

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — East Asia & Pacific, 2000–20211618202224200020032006200920122015201820212000: 22.8%2001: 22.5%2002: 22.4%2003: 22.3%2004: 22.2%2005: 21.7%2006: 20.8%2007: 20.2%2008: 20%2009: 19.7%2010: 19.5%2011: 19.2%2012: 18.9%2013: 18.5%2014: 18.1%2015: 17.8%2016: 17.6%2017: 17.4%2018: 17.1%2019: 17%2020: 16.8%2021: 16.9%
Change over the period: −5.9 pp Annual average: -0.28 pp

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: East Asia & Pacific

East Asia & Pacific 16.9%
World 18.3%
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — East Asia & Pacific, by year East Asia & Pacific All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 16.9 +0.2 pp
2020 16.8 −0.3 pp
2019 17 −0.1 pp
2018 17.1 −0.2 pp
2017 17.4 −0.3 pp
2016 17.6 −0.2 pp
2015 17.8 −0.3 pp
2014 18.1 −0.4 pp
2013 18.5 −0.4 pp
2012 18.9 −0.3 pp
2011 19.2 −0.3 pp
2010 19.5 −0.2 pp
2009 19.7 −0.2 pp
2008 20 −0.2 pp
2007 20.2 −0.6 pp
2006 20.8 −0.9 pp
2005 21.7 −0.6 pp
2004 22.2 −0.1 pp
2003 22.3 −0.1 pp
2002 22.4 −0.1 pp
2001 22.5 −0.2 pp
2000 22.8

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.