Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — European Union

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in the European Union in 2021 — 12.1%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 5.4 pp.

2021 12.1% −0 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 17.5%2000
Period minimum 12.1%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · %

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — European Union, 2000–202112141618200020032006200920122015201820212000: 17.5%2001: 17%2002: 16.7%2003: 16.4%2004: 15.8%2005: 15.6%2006: 15.2%2007: 15%2008: 14.6%2009: 14.5%2010: 14.1%2011: 13.9%2012: 13.7%2013: 13.5%2014: 13.1%2015: 13.2%2016: 12.9%2017: 12.7%2018: 12.6%2019: 12.2%2020: 12.1%2021: 12.1%
Change over the period: −5.4 pp Annual average: -0.26 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

European Union 12.1%
World 18.3%
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — European Union, by year European Union All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 12.1 −0 pp
2020 12.1 −0.1 pp
2019 12.2 −0.4 pp
2018 12.6 −0.1 pp
2017 12.7 −0.2 pp
2016 12.9 −0.3 pp
2015 13.2 +0 pp
2014 13.1 −0.3 pp
2013 13.5 −0.2 pp
2012 13.7 −0.2 pp
2011 13.9 −0.3 pp
2010 14.1 −0.3 pp
2009 14.5 −0.1 pp
2008 14.6 −0.4 pp
2007 15 −0.2 pp
2006 15.2 −0.4 pp
2005 15.6 −0.3 pp
2004 15.8 −0.6 pp
2003 16.4 −0.3 pp
2002 16.7 −0.3 pp
2001 17 −0.5 pp
2000 17.5

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.