Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Malaysia

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in Malaysia in 2021 — 19.9%. Ranked 100 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 2.4 pp.

2021 19.9% +2.5 pp vs 2020
World rank 100of 185
Period maximum 22.3%2000
Period minimum 17.4%2020

Trend over time

2000–2021 · %

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Malaysia, 2000–20211618202224200020032006200920122015201820212000: 22.3%2001: 21.3%2002: 20.9%2003: 21.1%2004: 20.6%2005: 20%2006: 19.6%2007: 19.3%2008: 19.5%2009: 19.4%2010: 19.2%2011: 19%2012: 18.3%2013: 17.9%2014: 18.1%2015: 19.4%2016: 19.6%2017: 19.8%2018: 19.9%2019: 19.7%2020: 17.4%2021: 19.9%
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: Malaysia

Malaysia 19.9%
World 18.3%
South-Eastern Asia computed 22.6%
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Malaysia, by year Malaysia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 19.9 +2.5 pp
2020 17.4 −2.3 pp
2019 19.7 −0.2 pp
2018 19.9 +0.1 pp
2017 19.8 +0.2 pp
2016 19.6 +0.2 pp
2015 19.4 +1.3 pp
2014 18.1 +0.2 pp
2013 17.9 −0.4 pp
2012 18.3 −0.7 pp
2011 19 −0.2 pp
2010 19.2 −0.2 pp
2009 19.4 −0.1 pp
2008 19.5 +0.2 pp
2007 19.3 −0.3 pp
2006 19.6 −0.4 pp
2005 20 −0.6 pp
2004 20.6 −0.5 pp
2003 21.1 +0.2 pp
2002 20.9 −0.4 pp
2001 21.3 −1 pp
2000 22.3

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.