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Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Kenya

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in Kenya in 2021 — 18%. Ranked 83 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 2.4 pp.

2021 18% −0.8 pp vs 2020
World rank 83of 185
Period maximum 19.4%2018
Period minimum 15.6%2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · %

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Kenya, 2000–2021151617181920200020032006200920122015201820212000: 15.6%2001: 15.6%2002: 15.9%2003: 16.2%2004: 16.6%2005: 16.9%2006: 17.1%2007: 17.5%2008: 17.9%2009: 18.2%2010: 18.6%2011: 18.9%2012: 17.1%2013: 17.9%2014: 18.1%2015: 18.3%2016: 18.2%2017: 18.7%2018: 19.4%2019: 19.1%2020: 18.8%2021: 18%
Change over the period: +2.4 pp Annual average: 0.11 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Kenya 18%
World 18.3%
Sub-Saharan Africa 21.3%
Eastern Africa computed 21%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 22.6%
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Kenya, by year Kenya All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 18 −0.8 pp
2020 18.8 −0.3 pp
2019 19.1 −0.3 pp
2018 19.4 +0.7 pp
2017 18.7 +0.5 pp
2016 18.2 −0.1 pp
2015 18.3 +0.2 pp
2014 18.1 +0.2 pp
2013 17.9 +0.8 pp
2012 17.1 −1.8 pp
2011 18.9 +0.3 pp
2010 18.6 +0.4 pp
2009 18.2 +0.3 pp
2008 17.9 +0.4 pp
2007 17.5 +0.4 pp
2006 17.1 +0.2 pp
2005 16.9 +0.3 pp
2004 16.6 +0.4 pp
2003 16.2 +0.3 pp
2002 15.9 +0.3 pp
2001 15.6 +0 pp
2000 15.6 —

Eastern Africa, 2021

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

SC Seychelles 15.6 ET Ethiopia 16.8 KE Kenya 18 TZ Tanzania 18.8 RW Rwanda 20 KM Comoros 20.2 DJ Djibouti 20.6 UG Uganda 21.5 MU Mauritius 21.7 SS South Sudan 22.4 ZM Zambia 23.6 BI Burundi 24.8 MW Malawi 24.9 MG Madagascar 25.9 MZ Mozambique 26.6 ER Eritrea 27.3 SO Somalia 27.6 ZW Zimbabwe 31.2
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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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