Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Eastern Asia

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in Eastern Asia in 2021 — 15.1%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 7.6 pp.

2021 15.1% +0.1 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 22.8%2000
Period minimum 15.1%2020

Trend over time

2000–2021 · %

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Eastern Asia, 2000–2021141618202224200020032006200920122015201820212000: 22.8%2001: 22.5%2002: 22.3%2003: 22.2%2004: 22%2005: 21.2%2006: 20.1%2007: 19.3%2008: 19%2009: 18.7%2010: 18.5%2011: 18.1%2012: 17.8%2013: 17.3%2014: 16.7%2015: 16.3%2016: 16.1%2017: 15.8%2018: 15.5%2019: 15.3%2020: 15.1%2021: 15.1%
Change over the period: −7.6 pp Annual average: -0.36 pp

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Eastern Asia

Eastern Asia 15.1%
World 18.3%
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Eastern Asia, by year Eastern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 15.1 +0.1 pp
2020 15.1 −0.2 pp
2019 15.3 −0.2 pp
2018 15.5 −0.3 pp
2017 15.8 −0.3 pp
2016 16.1 −0.3 pp
2015 16.3 −0.4 pp
2014 16.7 −0.5 pp
2013 17.3 −0.6 pp
2012 17.8 −0.3 pp
2011 18.1 −0.4 pp
2010 18.5 −0.3 pp
2009 18.7 −0.3 pp
2008 19 −0.3 pp
2007 19.3 −0.8 pp
2006 20.1 −1.2 pp
2005 21.2 −0.7 pp
2004 22 −0.2 pp
2003 22.2 −0.1 pp
2002 22.3 −0.2 pp
2001 22.5 −0.3 pp
2000 22.8

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.