Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Mercosur

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in Mercosur in 2021 — 14.6%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 6 pp.

2021 14.6% −0.3 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 20.6%2000
Period minimum 14.6%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · %

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Mercosur, 2000–20211416182022200020032006200920122015201820212000: 20.6%2001: 20.2%2002: 19.8%2003: 19.6%2004: 19.4%2005: 18.6%2006: 18.3%2007: 18.1%2008: 17.9%2009: 17.6%2010: 17.4%2011: 17.3%2012: 16.9%2013: 16.6%2014: 16.1%2015: 16.2%2016: 16.3%2017: 15.8%2018: 15.5%2019: 15.3%2020: 15%2021: 14.6%
Change over the period: −6 pp Annual average: -0.28 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Mercosur 14.6%
World 18.3%
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Mercosur, by year Mercosur All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 14.6 −0.3 pp
2020 15 −0.3 pp
2019 15.3 −0.2 pp
2018 15.5 −0.3 pp
2017 15.8 −0.5 pp
2016 16.3 +0.1 pp
2015 16.2 +0 pp
2014 16.1 −0.5 pp
2013 16.6 −0.2 pp
2012 16.9 −0.4 pp
2011 17.3 −0.1 pp
2010 17.4 −0.2 pp
2009 17.6 −0.3 pp
2008 17.9 −0.2 pp
2007 18.1 −0.2 pp
2006 18.3 −0.3 pp
2005 18.6 −0.8 pp
2004 19.4 −0.2 pp
2003 19.6 −0.2 pp
2002 19.8 −0.4 pp
2001 20.2 −0.4 pp
2000 20.6

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.