Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Malta

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in Malta in 2021 — 9.8%. Ranked 20 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 5.9 pp.

2021 9.8% +0.1 pp vs 2020
World rank 20of 185
Period maximum 15.7%2000
Period minimum 9.7%2020

Trend over time

2000–2021 · %

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Malta, 2000–2021810121416200020032006200920122015201820212000: 15.7%2001: 15.2%2002: 14.4%2003: 13.9%2004: 13.4%2005: 13.2%2006: 13%2007: 12.8%2008: 12.4%2009: 12.1%2010: 11.8%2011: 11.5%2012: 11.1%2013: 10.9%2014: 10.8%2015: 10.7%2016: 10.6%2017: 10.4%2018: 10.1%2019: 10%2020: 9.7%2021: 9.8%
Change over the period: −5.9 pp Annual average: -0.28 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Malta 9.8%
World 18.3%
Southern Europe computed 10.6%
High-income countries computed 12.7%
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Malta, by year Malta All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 9.8 +0.1 pp
2020 9.7 −0.3 pp
2019 10 −0.1 pp
2018 10.1 −0.3 pp
2017 10.4 −0.2 pp
2016 10.6 −0.1 pp
2015 10.7 −0.1 pp
2014 10.8 −0.1 pp
2013 10.9 −0.2 pp
2012 11.1 −0.4 pp
2011 11.5 −0.3 pp
2010 11.8 −0.3 pp
2009 12.1 −0.3 pp
2008 12.4 −0.4 pp
2007 12.8 −0.2 pp
2006 13 −0.2 pp
2005 13.2 −0.2 pp
2004 13.4 −0.5 pp
2003 13.9 −0.5 pp
2002 14.4 −0.8 pp
2001 15.2 −0.5 pp
2000 15.7

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.