Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Western Europe

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in Western Europe in 2021 — 10.6%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 4.7 pp.

2021 10.6% +0 pp vs 2020
World rank
Period maximum 15.3%2000
Period minimum 10.5%2020

Trend over time

2000–2021 · %

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Western Europe, 2000–202110121416200020032006200920122015201820212000: 15.3%2001: 14.8%2002: 14.5%2003: 14.3%2004: 13.6%2005: 13.4%2006: 13%2007: 12.8%2008: 12.6%2009: 12.5%2010: 12.4%2011: 12.1%2012: 11.9%2013: 11.9%2014: 11.5%2015: 11.5%2016: 11.4%2017: 11.2%2018: 11%2019: 10.7%2020: 10.5%2021: 10.6%
Change over the period: −4.7 pp Annual average: -0.22 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Western Europe 10.6%
World 18.3%
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Western Europe, by year Western Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 10.6 +0 pp
2020 10.5 −0.2 pp
2019 10.7 −0.3 pp
2018 11 −0.2 pp
2017 11.2 −0.3 pp
2016 11.4 −0.1 pp
2015 11.5 +0 pp
2014 11.5 −0.4 pp
2013 11.9 −0 pp
2012 11.9 −0.2 pp
2011 12.1 −0.3 pp
2010 12.4 −0.1 pp
2009 12.5 −0.1 pp
2008 12.6 −0.2 pp
2007 12.8 −0.2 pp
2006 13 −0.4 pp
2005 13.4 −0.3 pp
2004 13.6 −0.6 pp
2003 14.3 −0.3 pp
2002 14.5 −0.2 pp
2001 14.8 −0.5 pp
2000 15.3

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.