Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Latin America & Caribbean

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in Latin America & Caribbean in 2021 — 14.7%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 3.6 pp.

2021 14.7% −0.3 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 18.3%2000
Period minimum 14.7%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · %

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Latin America & Caribbean, 2000–2021141516171819200020032006200920122015201820212000: 18.3%2001: 17.9%2002: 17.7%2003: 17.6%2004: 17.4%2005: 17%2006: 16.7%2007: 16.5%2008: 16.4%2009: 16.1%2010: 16%2011: 15.8%2012: 15.6%2013: 15.4%2014: 15.3%2015: 15.3%2016: 15.4%2017: 15.1%2018: 14.9%2019: 14.8%2020: 15.1%2021: 14.7%
Change over the period: −3.6 pp Annual average: -0.17 pp

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America & Caribbean 14.7%
World 18.3%
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Latin America & Caribbean, by year Latin America & Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 14.7 −0.3 pp
2020 15.1 +0.2 pp
2019 14.8 −0.1 pp
2018 14.9 −0.2 pp
2017 15.1 −0.3 pp
2016 15.4 +0.1 pp
2015 15.3 +0 pp
2014 15.3 −0.1 pp
2013 15.4 −0.2 pp
2012 15.6 −0.2 pp
2011 15.8 −0.2 pp
2010 16 −0.1 pp
2009 16.1 −0.2 pp
2008 16.4 −0.1 pp
2007 16.5 −0.2 pp
2006 16.7 −0.3 pp
2005 17 −0.4 pp
2004 17.4 −0.3 pp
2003 17.6 −0.1 pp
2002 17.7 −0.2 pp
2001 17.9 −0.4 pp
2000 18.3

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.