Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Sweden

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in Sweden in 2021 — 7.9%. Ranked 6 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 5.3 pp.

2021 7.9% −0.1 pp vs 2020
World rank 6of 185
Period maximum 13.2%2000
Period minimum 7.9%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · %

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Sweden, 2000–202168101214200020032006200920122015201820212000: 13.2%2001: 12.9%2002: 12.7%2003: 12.3%2004: 12%2005: 11.8%2006: 11.4%2007: 11.2%2008: 11%2009: 10.6%2010: 10.4%2011: 10.1%2012: 9.8%2013: 9.8%2014: 9.5%2015: 9.2%2016: 9.1%2017: 8.9%2018: 8.7%2019: 8.2%2020: 8%2021: 7.9%
Change over the period: −5.3 pp Annual average: -0.25 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Sweden 7.9%
World 18.3%
Northern Europe computed 10.9%
High-income countries computed 12.7%
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — Sweden, by year Sweden All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 7.9 −0.1 pp
2020 8 −0.2 pp
2019 8.2 −0.5 pp
2018 8.7 −0.2 pp
2017 8.9 −0.2 pp
2016 9.1 −0.1 pp
2015 9.2 −0.3 pp
2014 9.5 −0.3 pp
2013 9.8 +0 pp
2012 9.8 −0.3 pp
2011 10.1 −0.3 pp
2010 10.4 −0.2 pp
2009 10.6 −0.4 pp
2008 11 −0.2 pp
2007 11.2 −0.2 pp
2006 11.4 −0.4 pp
2005 11.8 −0.2 pp
2004 12 −0.3 pp
2003 12.3 −0.4 pp
2002 12.7 −0.2 pp
2001 12.9 −0.3 pp
2000 13.2

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.