Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — NATO

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in NATO in 2021 — 12.8%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 5.1 pp.

2021 12.8% +0 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 17.9%2000
Period minimum 12.7%2020

Trend over time

2000–2021 · %

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — NATO, 2000–202112141618200020032006200920122015201820212000: 17.9%2001: 17.4%2002: 17.1%2003: 16.7%2004: 16.1%2005: 15.9%2006: 15.5%2007: 15.2%2008: 14.9%2009: 14.7%2010: 14.4%2011: 14.2%2012: 14%2013: 13.8%2014: 13.6%2015: 13.6%2016: 13.4%2017: 13.2%2018: 13.1%2019: 12.7%2020: 12.7%2021: 12.8%
Change over the period: −5.1 pp Annual average: -0.24 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

NATO 12.8%
World 18.3%
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — NATO, by year NATO All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 12.8 +0 pp
2020 12.7 −0 pp
2019 12.7 −0.3 pp
2018 13.1 −0.1 pp
2017 13.2 −0.2 pp
2016 13.4 −0.2 pp
2015 13.6 +0 pp
2014 13.6 −0.2 pp
2013 13.8 −0.2 pp
2012 14 −0.2 pp
2011 14.2 −0.2 pp
2010 14.4 −0.3 pp
2009 14.7 −0.2 pp
2008 14.9 −0.3 pp
2007 15.2 −0.3 pp
2006 15.5 −0.4 pp
2005 15.9 −0.3 pp
2004 16.1 −0.6 pp
2003 16.7 −0.3 pp
2002 17.1 −0.3 pp
2001 17.4 −0.5 pp
2000 17.9

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.