Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Papua New Guinea

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in Papua New Guinea in 2021 — 28.5%. Ranked 172 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 1.9 pp.

2021 28.5% −1.8 pp vs 2020
World rank 172of 185
Period maximum 31.1%2001
Period minimum 28.5%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · %

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Papua New Guinea, 2000–20212829303132200020032006200920122015201820212000: 30.4%2001: 31.1%2002: 30.5%2003: 30.5%2004: 30.3%2005: 30.4%2006: 30.5%2007: 30.7%2008: 30.1%2009: 29.2%2010: 29.5%2011: 29.6%2012: 30.3%2013: 30.2%2014: 30.9%2015: 30.9%2016: 30.7%2017: 30.1%2018: 30.2%2019: 30.7%2020: 30.3%2021: 28.5%
Change over the period: −1.9 pp Annual average: -0.09 pp

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea 28.5%
World 18.3%
Melanesia computed 30.2%
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Papua New Guinea, by year Papua New Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 28.5 −1.8 pp
2020 30.3 −0.4 pp
2019 30.7 +0.5 pp
2018 30.2 +0.1 pp
2017 30.1 −0.6 pp
2016 30.7 −0.2 pp
2015 30.9 +0 pp
2014 30.9 +0.7 pp
2013 30.2 −0.1 pp
2012 30.3 +0.7 pp
2011 29.6 +0.1 pp
2010 29.5 +0.3 pp
2009 29.2 −0.9 pp
2008 30.1 −0.6 pp
2007 30.7 +0.2 pp
2006 30.5 +0.1 pp
2005 30.4 +0.1 pp
2004 30.3 −0.2 pp
2003 30.5 +0 pp
2002 30.5 −0.6 pp
2001 31.1 +0.7 pp
2000 30.4

Melanesia, 2021

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.