Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in North America in 2021 — 13.3%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 4.2 pp.
2000–2021 · %
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: North America
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 13.3 | +0.1 pp |
| 2020 | 13.2 | +0.4 pp |
| 2019 | 12.8 | −0.3 pp |
| 2018 | 13.1 | −0.2 pp |
| 2017 | 13.3 | −0.2 pp |
| 2016 | 13.5 | −0.1 pp |
| 2015 | 13.6 | +0.1 pp |
| 2014 | 13.5 | −0.1 pp |
| 2013 | 13.6 | −0.2 pp |
| 2012 | 13.8 | −0.1 pp |
| 2011 | 13.9 | −0.2 pp |
| 2010 | 14.1 | −0.3 pp |
| 2009 | 14.5 | −0.3 pp |
| 2008 | 14.8 | −0.1 pp |
| 2007 | 14.9 | −0.4 pp |
| 2006 | 15.3 | −0.4 pp |
| 2005 | 15.7 | −0.3 pp |
| 2004 | 16 | −0.6 pp |
| 2003 | 16.5 | −0.3 pp |
| 2002 | 16.8 | −0.2 pp |
| 2001 | 17.1 | −0.4 pp |
| 2000 | 17.5 | — |
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.
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