Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Central America

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in Central America in 2021 — 15.6%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 0.6 pp.

2021 15.6% −0.5 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 16.3%2003
Period minimum 15.2%2019

Trend over time

2000–2021 · %

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Central America, 2000–20211515.51616.5200020032006200920122015201820212000: 16.2%2001: 15.9%2002: 16.2%2003: 16.3%2004: 16.1%2005: 16.1%2006: 15.8%2007: 15.6%2008: 15.9%2009: 15.7%2010: 15.8%2011: 15.4%2012: 15.6%2013: 15.3%2014: 15.6%2015: 15.6%2016: 15.8%2017: 15.5%2018: 15.2%2019: 15.2%2020: 16.2%2021: 15.6%
Change over the period: −0.6 pp Annual average: -0.03 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Central America 15.6%
World 18.3%
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Central America, by year Central America All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 15.6 −0.5 pp
2020 16.2 +1 pp
2019 15.2 −0 pp
2018 15.2 −0.3 pp
2017 15.5 −0.3 pp
2016 15.8 +0.2 pp
2015 15.6 +0 pp
2014 15.6 +0.3 pp
2013 15.3 −0.2 pp
2012 15.6 +0.2 pp
2011 15.4 −0.4 pp
2010 15.8 +0 pp
2009 15.7 −0.2 pp
2008 15.9 +0.2 pp
2007 15.6 −0.2 pp
2006 15.8 −0.3 pp
2005 16.1 +0.1 pp
2004 16.1 −0.2 pp
2003 16.3 +0.1 pp
2002 16.2 +0.2 pp
2001 15.9 −0.3 pp
2000 16.2

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.