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Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Ghana

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in Ghana in 2021 — 22.2%. Ranked 129 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 2.3 pp.

2021 22.2% −0.6 pp vs 2020
World rank 129of 185
Period maximum 25.7%2009
Period minimum 22.2%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · %

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Ghana, 2000–20212223242526200020032006200920122015201820212000: 24.5%2001: 25.1%2002: 25.2%2003: 25.3%2004: 25.2%2005: 25.2%2006: 25.2%2007: 25.4%2008: 25.5%2009: 25.7%2010: 25.4%2011: 25.4%2012: 25%2013: 24.7%2014: 24.4%2015: 24.2%2016: 23.9%2017: 23.6%2018: 23.2%2019: 22.8%2020: 22.8%2021: 22.2%
Change over the period: −2.3 pp Annual average: -0.11 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Ghana 22.2%
World 18.3%
Sub-Saharan Africa 21.3%
Western Africa computed 19.9%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 22.6%
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Ghana, by year Ghana All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 22.2 −0.6 pp
2020 22.8 +0 pp
2019 22.8 −0.4 pp
2018 23.2 −0.4 pp
2017 23.6 −0.3 pp
2016 23.9 −0.3 pp
2015 24.2 −0.2 pp
2014 24.4 −0.3 pp
2013 24.7 −0.3 pp
2012 25 −0.4 pp
2011 25.4 +0 pp
2010 25.4 −0.3 pp
2009 25.7 +0.2 pp
2008 25.5 +0.1 pp
2007 25.4 +0.2 pp
2006 25.2 +0 pp
2005 25.2 +0 pp
2004 25.2 −0.1 pp
2003 25.3 +0.1 pp
2002 25.2 +0.1 pp
2001 25.1 +0.6 pp
2000 24.5 —

Western Africa, 2021

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CV Cabo Verde 17.2 NG Nigeria 17.7 MR Mauritania 18.7 NE Niger 20.2 BJ Benin 20.8 SN Senegal 21.4 GM Gambia 21.8 LR Liberia 22 GH Ghana 22.2 CI Côte d'Ivoire 22.7 ML Mali 23 BF Burkina Faso 23.4 GN Guinea 23.6 SL Sierra Leone 23.9 GW Guinea-Bissau 25.3 TG Togo 25.4
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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.

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