Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Northern Europe

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in Northern Europe in 2021 — 10.9%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 6 pp.

2021 10.9% +0.1 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 16.9%2000
Period minimum 10.7%2019

Trend over time

2000–2021 · %

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Northern Europe, 2000–20211012141618200020032006200920122015201820212000: 16.9%2001: 16.5%2002: 16.1%2003: 15.7%2004: 15.1%2005: 14.7%2006: 14.4%2007: 14.1%2008: 13.7%2009: 13.2%2010: 12.9%2011: 12.4%2012: 12.2%2013: 11.9%2014: 11.7%2015: 11.6%2016: 11.5%2017: 11.2%2018: 11.3%2019: 10.7%2020: 10.8%2021: 10.9%
Change over the period: −6 pp Annual average: -0.29 pp

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Northern Europe

Northern Europe 10.9%
World 18.3%
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Northern Europe, by year Northern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 10.9 +0.1 pp
2020 10.8 +0 pp
2019 10.7 −0.5 pp
2018 11.3 +0.1 pp
2017 11.2 −0.3 pp
2016 11.5 −0.1 pp
2015 11.6 −0.1 pp
2014 11.7 −0.3 pp
2013 11.9 −0.2 pp
2012 12.2 −0.3 pp
2011 12.4 −0.4 pp
2010 12.9 −0.3 pp
2009 13.2 −0.5 pp
2008 13.7 −0.4 pp
2007 14.1 −0.3 pp
2006 14.4 −0.3 pp
2005 14.7 −0.4 pp
2004 15.1 −0.6 pp
2003 15.7 −0.4 pp
2002 16.1 −0.4 pp
2001 16.5 −0.4 pp
2000 16.9

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.