Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Western Africa

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in Western Africa in 2021 — 19.9%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 2.4 pp.

2021 19.9% −0.5 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 22.6%2001
Period minimum 19.9%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · %

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Western Africa, 2000–20211920212223200020032006200920122015201820212000: 22.4%2001: 22.6%2002: 22.3%2003: 22%2004: 21.8%2005: 21.4%2006: 21.3%2007: 21.2%2008: 21.1%2009: 21.2%2010: 21.1%2011: 21.1%2012: 21%2013: 20.9%2014: 20.7%2015: 20.5%2016: 20.4%2017: 20.2%2018: 20.1%2019: 19.9%2020: 20.4%2021: 19.9%
Change over the period: −2.4 pp Annual average: -0.12 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Western Africa 19.9%
World 18.3%
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Western Africa, by year Western Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 19.9 −0.5 pp
2020 20.4 +0.5 pp
2019 19.9 −0.1 pp
2018 20.1 −0.1 pp
2017 20.2 −0.2 pp
2016 20.4 −0.1 pp
2015 20.5 −0.2 pp
2014 20.7 −0.2 pp
2013 20.9 −0.1 pp
2012 21 −0 pp
2011 21.1 −0.1 pp
2010 21.1 −0.1 pp
2009 21.2 +0.1 pp
2008 21.1 −0.1 pp
2007 21.2 −0.1 pp
2006 21.3 −0.1 pp
2005 21.4 −0.4 pp
2004 21.8 −0.2 pp
2003 22 −0.3 pp
2002 22.3 −0.3 pp
2001 22.6 +0.2 pp
2000 22.4

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.