Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Ireland

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in Ireland in 2021 — 9.6%. Ranked 17 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 8.1 pp.

2021 9.6% +0 pp vs 2020
World rank 17of 185
Period maximum 17.7%2000
Period minimum 9.6%2020

Trend over time

2000–2021 · %

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Ireland, 2000–20217.51012.51517.520200020032006200920122015201820212000: 17.7%2001: 16.6%2002: 15.6%2003: 15.4%2004: 14.5%2005: 13.9%2006: 13.4%2007: 13%2008: 13%2009: 12.8%2010: 11.5%2011: 11.9%2012: 11.6%2013: 11.4%2014: 10.9%2015: 10.6%2016: 10.5%2017: 10.4%2018: 10.1%2019: 9.9%2020: 9.6%2021: 9.6%
Change over the period: −8.1 pp Annual average: -0.39 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Ireland 9.6%
World 18.3%
Northern Europe computed 10.9%
High-income countries computed 12.7%
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Ireland, by year Ireland All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 9.6 +0 pp
2020 9.6 −0.3 pp
2019 9.9 −0.2 pp
2018 10.1 −0.3 pp
2017 10.4 −0.1 pp
2016 10.5 −0.1 pp
2015 10.6 −0.3 pp
2014 10.9 −0.5 pp
2013 11.4 −0.2 pp
2012 11.6 −0.3 pp
2011 11.9 +0.4 pp
2010 11.5 −1.3 pp
2009 12.8 −0.2 pp
2008 13 +0 pp
2007 13 −0.4 pp
2006 13.4 −0.5 pp
2005 13.9 −0.6 pp
2004 14.5 −0.9 pp
2003 15.4 −0.2 pp
2002 15.6 −1 pp
2001 16.6 −1.1 pp
2000 17.7

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.