Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — G20

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in the G20 in 2021 — 17.9%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 4.3 pp.

2021 17.9% +0 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 22.2%2000
Period minimum 17.9%2020

Trend over time

2000–2021 · %

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — G20, 2000–20211618202224200020032006200920122015201820212000: 22.2%2001: 21.9%2002: 21.8%2003: 21.6%2004: 21.2%2005: 20.8%2006: 20.3%2007: 19.9%2008: 19.9%2009: 19.6%2010: 19.6%2011: 19.4%2012: 19.2%2013: 18.7%2014: 18.5%2015: 18.5%2016: 18.4%2017: 18.2%2018: 18.3%2019: 18.1%2020: 17.9%2021: 17.9%
Change over the period: −4.3 pp Annual average: -0.21 pp

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G20

G20 17.9%
World 18.3%
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — G20, by year G20 All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 17.9 +0 pp
2020 17.9 −0.2 pp
2019 18.1 −0.1 pp
2018 18.3 +0 pp
2017 18.2 −0.2 pp
2016 18.4 −0.1 pp
2015 18.5 −0 pp
2014 18.5 −0.3 pp
2013 18.7 −0.5 pp
2012 19.2 −0.2 pp
2011 19.4 −0.2 pp
2010 19.6 −0 pp
2009 19.6 −0.2 pp
2008 19.9 −0.1 pp
2007 19.9 −0.4 pp
2006 20.3 −0.5 pp
2005 20.8 −0.4 pp
2004 21.2 −0.4 pp
2003 21.6 −0.2 pp
2002 21.8 −0.1 pp
2001 21.9 −0.3 pp
2000 22.2

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.