Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Middle East & North Africa

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in Middle East & North Africa in 2021 — 20.7%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 5 pp.

2021 20.7% −0.5 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 25.7%2000
Period minimum 20.7%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · %

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Middle East & North Africa, 2000–202120222426200020032006200920122015201820212000: 25.7%2001: 25.6%2002: 25.5%2003: 25.5%2004: 25.2%2005: 24.9%2006: 24.6%2007: 24.2%2008: 23.9%2009: 23.6%2010: 23.2%2011: 22.9%2012: 22.7%2013: 22.3%2014: 22.2%2015: 22.3%2016: 21.9%2017: 21.6%2018: 21.6%2019: 21.5%2020: 21.2%2021: 20.7%
Change over the period: −5 pp Annual average: -0.24 pp

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle East & North Africa

Middle East & North Africa 20.7%
World 18.3%
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Middle East & North Africa, by year Middle East & North Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 20.7 −0.5 pp
2020 21.2 −0.3 pp
2019 21.5 −0.1 pp
2018 21.6 −0.1 pp
2017 21.6 −0.3 pp
2016 21.9 −0.4 pp
2015 22.3 +0 pp
2014 22.2 −0.1 pp
2013 22.3 −0.4 pp
2012 22.7 −0.2 pp
2011 22.9 −0.4 pp
2010 23.2 −0.4 pp
2009 23.6 −0.3 pp
2008 23.9 −0.3 pp
2007 24.2 −0.4 pp
2006 24.6 −0.3 pp
2005 24.9 −0.3 pp
2004 25.2 −0.3 pp
2003 25.5 −0.1 pp
2002 25.5 −0.1 pp
2001 25.6 −0 pp
2000 25.7

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.