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Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Malawi

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in Malawi in 2021 — 24.9%. Ranked 155 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 2.4 pp.

2021 24.9% −1.2 pp vs 2020
World rank 155of 185
Period maximum 27.3%2000
Period minimum 24%2013

Trend over time

2000–2021 · %

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Malawi, 2000–20212425262728200020032006200920122015201820212000: 27.3%2001: 26.5%2002: 26%2003: 26.4%2004: 26.5%2005: 25.3%2006: 26.9%2007: 26.2%2008: 24.8%2009: 24.6%2010: 24.2%2011: 24.3%2012: 24.4%2013: 24%2014: 24.2%2015: 24.6%2016: 25.1%2017: 25.8%2018: 26%2019: 26.1%2020: 26.1%2021: 24.9%
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: Malawi

Malawi 24.9%
World 18.3%
Sub-Saharan Africa 21.3%
Eastern Africa computed 21%
Low-income countries computed 23.3%
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 24.9 −1.2 pp
2020 26.1 +0 pp
2019 26.1 +0.1 pp
2018 26 +0.2 pp
2017 25.8 +0.7 pp
2016 25.1 +0.5 pp
2015 24.6 +0.4 pp
2014 24.2 +0.2 pp
2013 24 −0.4 pp
2012 24.4 +0.1 pp
2011 24.3 +0.1 pp
2010 24.2 −0.4 pp
2009 24.6 −0.2 pp
2008 24.8 −1.4 pp
2007 26.2 −0.7 pp
2006 26.9 +1.6 pp
2005 25.3 −1.2 pp
2004 26.5 +0.1 pp
2003 26.4 +0.4 pp
2002 26 −0.5 pp
2001 26.5 −0.8 pp
2000 27.3 —

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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