Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Iraq

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in Iraq in 2021 — 22.7%. Ranked 133 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 4.9 pp.

2021 22.7% −1.9 pp vs 2020
World rank 133of 185
Period maximum 27.6%2000
Period minimum 22%2017

Trend over time

2000–2021 · %

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Iraq, 2000–202122242628200020032006200920122015201820212000: 27.6%2001: 27%2002: 26.7%2003: 26.5%2004: 26.2%2005: 25.8%2006: 25.5%2007: 25.5%2008: 25.4%2009: 25.2%2010: 24.8%2011: 24.5%2012: 24%2013: 23.6%2014: 23%2015: 22.5%2016: 22.2%2017: 22%2018: 22.2%2019: 22.4%2020: 24.6%2021: 22.7%
Change over the period: −4.9 pp Annual average: -0.23 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Iraq 22.7%
World 18.3%
Western Asia computed 17.6%
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Iraq, by year Iraq All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 22.7 −1.9 pp
2020 24.6 +2.2 pp
2019 22.4 +0.2 pp
2018 22.2 +0.2 pp
2017 22 −0.2 pp
2016 22.2 −0.3 pp
2015 22.5 −0.5 pp
2014 23 −0.6 pp
2013 23.6 −0.4 pp
2012 24 −0.5 pp
2011 24.5 −0.3 pp
2010 24.8 −0.4 pp
2009 25.2 −0.2 pp
2008 25.4 −0.1 pp
2007 25.5 +0 pp
2006 25.5 −0.3 pp
2005 25.8 −0.4 pp
2004 26.2 −0.3 pp
2003 26.5 −0.2 pp
2002 26.7 −0.3 pp
2001 27 −0.6 pp
2000 27.6

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.