Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Middle Africa

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in Middle Africa in 2021 — 24.7%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 3.2 pp.

2021 24.7% −0.6 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 27.9%2000
Period minimum 24.7%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · %

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Middle Africa, 2000–20212425262728200020032006200920122015201820212000: 27.9%2001: 27.8%2002: 27.5%2003: 27.7%2004: 27.5%2005: 27%2006: 26.8%2007: 26.6%2008: 26.6%2009: 26.3%2010: 26%2011: 25.9%2012: 25.6%2013: 25.4%2014: 25.2%2015: 25.1%2016: 24.9%2017: 24.8%2018: 24.9%2019: 24.7%2020: 25.3%2021: 24.7%
Change over the period: −3.2 pp Annual average: -0.15 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Middle Africa 24.7%
World 18.3%
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Middle Africa, by year Middle Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 24.7 −0.6 pp
2020 25.3 +0.6 pp
2019 24.7 −0.1 pp
2018 24.9 +0.1 pp
2017 24.8 −0.1 pp
2016 24.9 −0.2 pp
2015 25.1 −0.1 pp
2014 25.2 −0.2 pp
2013 25.4 −0.2 pp
2012 25.6 −0.3 pp
2011 25.9 −0.1 pp
2010 26 −0.3 pp
2009 26.3 −0.3 pp
2008 26.6 −0.1 pp
2007 26.6 −0.2 pp
2006 26.8 −0.2 pp
2005 27 −0.5 pp
2004 27.5 −0.2 pp
2003 27.7 +0.1 pp
2002 27.5 −0.2 pp
2001 27.8 −0.1 pp
2000 27.9

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.