Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Iceland

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in Iceland in 2021 — 8.5%. Ranked 9 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 4.7 pp.

2021 8.5% +0.3 pp vs 2020
World rank 9of 185
Period maximum 13.2%2000
Period minimum 8.2%2020

Trend over time

2000–2021 · %

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Iceland, 2000–20218101214200020032006200920122015201820212000: 13.2%2001: 12.6%2002: 12.1%2003: 11.8%2004: 11.4%2005: 11.4%2006: 11%2007: 10.7%2008: 10.2%2009: 9.9%2010: 9.9%2011: 9.7%2012: 9.4%2013: 9.3%2014: 9.3%2015: 9.2%2016: 8.7%2017: 8.5%2018: 8.3%2019: 8.6%2020: 8.2%2021: 8.5%
Change over the period: −4.7 pp Annual average: -0.22 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Iceland 8.5%
World 18.3%
Northern Europe computed 10.9%
High-income countries computed 12.7%
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Iceland, by year Iceland All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 8.5 +0.3 pp
2020 8.2 −0.4 pp
2019 8.6 +0.3 pp
2018 8.3 −0.2 pp
2017 8.5 −0.2 pp
2016 8.7 −0.5 pp
2015 9.2 −0.1 pp
2014 9.3 +0 pp
2013 9.3 −0.1 pp
2012 9.4 −0.3 pp
2011 9.7 −0.2 pp
2010 9.9 +0 pp
2009 9.9 −0.3 pp
2008 10.2 −0.5 pp
2007 10.7 −0.3 pp
2006 11 −0.4 pp
2005 11.4 +0 pp
2004 11.4 −0.4 pp
2003 11.8 −0.3 pp
2002 12.1 −0.5 pp
2001 12.6 −0.6 pp
2000 13.2

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.