Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Jamaica

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in Jamaica in 2021 — 20.2%. Ranked 105 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 0.1 pp.

2021 20.2% +1.9 pp vs 2020
World rank 105of 185
Period maximum 23%2007
Period minimum 14.6%2010

Trend over time

2000–2021 · %

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Jamaica, 2000–202112.51517.52022.525200020032006200920122015201820212000: 20.1%2001: 19.6%2002: 19.3%2003: 18.5%2004: 17%2005: 18.7%2006: 14.9%2007: 23%2008: 20.2%2009: 17.3%2010: 14.6%2011: 17.2%2012: 15.2%2013: 15.3%2014: 17.2%2015: 19.7%2016: 19.4%2017: 19.7%2018: 19.2%2019: 19.3%2020: 18.3%2021: 20.2%
Change over the period: +0.1 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Jamaica 20.2%
World 18.3%
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Jamaica, by year Jamaica All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 20.2 +1.9 pp
2020 18.3 −1 pp
2019 19.3 +0.1 pp
2018 19.2 −0.5 pp
2017 19.7 +0.3 pp
2016 19.4 −0.3 pp
2015 19.7 +2.5 pp
2014 17.2 +1.9 pp
2013 15.3 +0.1 pp
2012 15.2 −2 pp
2011 17.2 +2.6 pp
2010 14.6 −2.7 pp
2009 17.3 −2.9 pp
2008 20.2 −2.8 pp
2007 23 +8.1 pp
2006 14.9 −3.8 pp
2005 18.7 +1.7 pp
2004 17 −1.5 pp
2003 18.5 −0.8 pp
2002 19.3 −0.3 pp
2001 19.6 −0.5 pp
2000 20.1

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.