Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — South Africa

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in South Africa in 2021 — 22.7%. Ranked 133 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 1.1 pp.

2021 22.7% −0.4 pp vs 2020
World rank 133of 185
Period maximum 26.2%2010
Period minimum 21.2%2001

Trend over time

2000–2021 · %

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — South Africa, 2000–20212022242628200020032006200920122015201820212000: 21.6%2001: 21.2%2002: 22.5%2003: 23.3%2004: 23.4%2005: 23.3%2006: 24.9%2007: 24.9%2008: 25.3%2009: 24.9%2010: 26.2%2011: 24.9%2012: 24.7%2013: 24.2%2014: 24.5%2015: 24.6%2016: 24.1%2017: 23%2018: 22.6%2019: 21.6%2020: 23.1%2021: 22.7%
Change over the period: +1.1 pp Annual average: 0.05 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

South Africa 22.7%
World 18.3%
Southern Africa computed 23.2%
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — South Africa, by year South Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 22.7 −0.4 pp
2020 23.1 +1.5 pp
2019 21.6 −1 pp
2018 22.6 −0.4 pp
2017 23 −1.1 pp
2016 24.1 −0.5 pp
2015 24.6 +0.1 pp
2014 24.5 +0.3 pp
2013 24.2 −0.5 pp
2012 24.7 −0.2 pp
2011 24.9 −1.3 pp
2010 26.2 +1.3 pp
2009 24.9 −0.4 pp
2008 25.3 +0.4 pp
2007 24.9 +0 pp
2006 24.9 +1.6 pp
2005 23.3 −0.1 pp
2004 23.4 +0.1 pp
2003 23.3 +0.8 pp
2002 22.5 +1.3 pp
2001 21.2 −0.4 pp
2000 21.6

Southern Africa, 2021

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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.