Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — South Korea

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in South Korea in 2021 — 6.9%. Ranked 1 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 10 pp.

2021 6.9% −0.1 pp vs 2020
World rank 1of 185
Period maximum 16.9%2000
Period minimum 6.9%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · %

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — South Korea, 2000–202157.51012.51517.5200020032006200920122015201820212000: 16.9%2001: 16.2%2002: 15.9%2003: 15.1%2004: 14.6%2005: 13.8%2006: 13.1%2007: 12.5%2008: 11.9%2009: 11.3%2010: 10.9%2011: 10.3%2012: 9.8%2013: 9.2%2014: 8.9%2015: 8.4%2016: 8.2%2017: 7.7%2018: 7.5%2019: 7.3%2020: 7%2021: 6.9%
Change over the period: −10 pp Annual average: -0.48 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

South Korea 6.9%
World 18.3%
Eastern Asia computed 15.1%
High-income countries computed 12.7%
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — South Korea, by year South Korea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 6.9 −0.1 pp
2020 7 −0.3 pp
2019 7.3 −0.2 pp
2018 7.5 −0.2 pp
2017 7.7 −0.5 pp
2016 8.2 −0.2 pp
2015 8.4 −0.5 pp
2014 8.9 −0.3 pp
2013 9.2 −0.6 pp
2012 9.8 −0.5 pp
2011 10.3 −0.6 pp
2010 10.9 −0.4 pp
2009 11.3 −0.6 pp
2008 11.9 −0.6 pp
2007 12.5 −0.6 pp
2006 13.1 −0.7 pp
2005 13.8 −0.8 pp
2004 14.6 −0.5 pp
2003 15.1 −0.8 pp
2002 15.9 −0.3 pp
2001 16.2 −0.7 pp
2000 16.9

Eastern Asia, 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.