Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Puerto Rico

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in Puerto Rico in 2021 — 10.1%. Ranked 25 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 5.1 pp.

2021 10.1% −0.6 pp vs 2020
World rank 25of 185
Period maximum 15.3%2001
Period minimum 10.1%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · %

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Puerto Rico, 2000–202110121416200020032006200920122015201820212000: 15.2%2001: 15.3%2002: 14.3%2003: 14%2004: 13.8%2005: 13.6%2006: 13.3%2007: 13.1%2008: 12.7%2009: 12.8%2010: 12.1%2011: 12.4%2012: 11.6%2013: 11.8%2014: 11.4%2015: 11.2%2016: 11.3%2017: 11.8%2018: 10.6%2019: 10.7%2020: 10.7%2021: 10.1%
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: Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico 10.1%
World 18.3%
High-income countries computed 12.7%
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Puerto Rico, by year Puerto Rico All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 10.1 −0.6 pp
2020 10.7 +0 pp
2019 10.7 +0.1 pp
2018 10.6 −1.2 pp
2017 11.8 +0.5 pp
2016 11.3 +0.1 pp
2015 11.2 −0.2 pp
2014 11.4 −0.4 pp
2013 11.8 +0.2 pp
2012 11.6 −0.8 pp
2011 12.4 +0.3 pp
2010 12.1 −0.7 pp
2009 12.8 +0.1 pp
2008 12.7 −0.4 pp
2007 13.1 −0.2 pp
2006 13.3 −0.3 pp
2005 13.6 −0.2 pp
2004 13.8 −0.2 pp
2003 14 −0.3 pp
2002 14.3 −1 pp
2001 15.3 +0.1 pp
2000 15.2

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.