Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — OPEC

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in OPEC in 2021 — 16.7%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 3.5 pp.

2021 16.7% −0.2 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 20.1%2000
Period minimum 16.5%2017

Trend over time

2000–2021 · %

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — OPEC, 2000–2021161718192021200020032006200920122015201820212000: 20.1%2001: 20%2002: 19.7%2003: 19.4%2004: 19.1%2005: 18.8%2006: 18.5%2007: 18.3%2008: 18%2009: 17.8%2010: 17.4%2011: 17.1%2012: 16.9%2013: 16.8%2014: 16.7%2015: 16.6%2016: 16.6%2017: 16.5%2018: 16.5%2019: 16.6%2020: 16.8%2021: 16.7%
Change over the period: −3.5 pp Annual average: -0.17 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

OPEC 16.7%
World 18.3%
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — OPEC, by year OPEC All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 16.7 −0.2 pp
2020 16.8 +0.3 pp
2019 16.6 +0 pp
2018 16.5 +0 pp
2017 16.5 −0.1 pp
2016 16.6 +0 pp
2015 16.6 −0.1 pp
2014 16.7 −0.1 pp
2013 16.8 −0.1 pp
2012 16.9 −0.2 pp
2011 17.1 −0.3 pp
2010 17.4 −0.4 pp
2009 17.8 −0.2 pp
2008 18 −0.3 pp
2007 18.3 −0.2 pp
2006 18.5 −0.2 pp
2005 18.8 −0.4 pp
2004 19.1 −0.3 pp
2003 19.4 −0.3 pp
2002 19.7 −0.3 pp
2001 20 −0.1 pp
2000 20.1

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.