Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Southern Europe

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in Southern Europe in 2021 — 10.6%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 5.1 pp.

2021 10.6% +0 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 15.6%2000
Period minimum 10.6%2020

Trend over time

2000–2021 · %

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Southern Europe, 2000–202110121416200020032006200920122015201820212000: 15.6%2001: 15.2%2002: 14.9%2003: 14.7%2004: 14.1%2005: 14%2006: 13.6%2007: 13.4%2008: 13%2009: 12.8%2010: 12.5%2011: 12.4%2012: 12.1%2013: 11.7%2014: 11.5%2015: 11.6%2016: 11.2%2017: 11.2%2018: 11%2019: 10.8%2020: 10.6%2021: 10.6%
Change over the period: −5.1 pp Annual average: -0.24 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Southern Europe 10.6%
World 18.3%
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Southern Europe, by year Southern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 10.6 +0 pp
2020 10.6 −0.2 pp
2019 10.8 −0.3 pp
2018 11 −0.1 pp
2017 11.2 −0 pp
2016 11.2 −0.4 pp
2015 11.6 +0.1 pp
2014 11.5 −0.2 pp
2013 11.7 −0.4 pp
2012 12.1 −0.3 pp
2011 12.4 −0.1 pp
2010 12.5 −0.3 pp
2009 12.8 −0.2 pp
2008 13 −0.4 pp
2007 13.4 −0.2 pp
2006 13.6 −0.4 pp
2005 14 −0.1 pp
2004 14.1 −0.6 pp
2003 14.7 −0.2 pp
2002 14.9 −0.3 pp
2001 15.2 −0.4 pp
2000 15.6

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.