Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Western Asia

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in Western Asia in 2021 — 17.6%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 6.9 pp.

2021 17.6% −0.7 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 24.5%2000
Period minimum 17.6%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · %

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Western Asia, 2000–2021161820222426200020032006200920122015201820212000: 24.5%2001: 23.7%2002: 23.2%2003: 22.7%2004: 22.3%2005: 21.9%2006: 21.6%2007: 21.1%2008: 21%2009: 20.8%2010: 20.4%2011: 19.9%2012: 19.5%2013: 19.2%2014: 18.9%2015: 18.6%2016: 18.4%2017: 18.2%2018: 18.2%2019: 18.2%2020: 18.3%2021: 17.6%
Change over the period: −6.9 pp Annual average: -0.33 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Western Asia 17.6%
World 18.3%
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Western Asia, by year Western Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 17.6 −0.7 pp
2020 18.3 +0.1 pp
2019 18.2 +0 pp
2018 18.2 −0.1 pp
2017 18.2 −0.1 pp
2016 18.4 −0.2 pp
2015 18.6 −0.3 pp
2014 18.9 −0.3 pp
2013 19.2 −0.4 pp
2012 19.5 −0.4 pp
2011 19.9 −0.5 pp
2010 20.4 −0.4 pp
2009 20.8 −0.1 pp
2008 21 −0.1 pp
2007 21.1 −0.5 pp
2006 21.6 −0.3 pp
2005 21.9 −0.3 pp
2004 22.3 −0.4 pp
2003 22.7 −0.5 pp
2002 23.2 −0.5 pp
2001 23.7 −0.8 pp
2000 24.5

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.