Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — United Kingdom

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in the United Kingdom in 2021 — 11%. Ranked 33 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 5.5 pp.

2021 11% +0.2 pp vs 2020
World rank 33of 185
Period maximum 16.5%2000
Period minimum 10.7%2019

Trend over time

2000–2021 · %

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — United Kingdom, 2000–20211012141618200020032006200920122015201820212000: 16.5%2001: 16.1%2002: 15.7%2003: 15.3%2004: 14.6%2005: 14.2%2006: 13.8%2007: 13.5%2008: 13.2%2009: 12.6%2010: 12.4%2011: 11.9%2012: 11.7%2013: 11.5%2014: 11.3%2015: 11.3%2016: 11.3%2017: 11%2018: 11.3%2019: 10.7%2020: 10.8%2021: 11%
Change over the period: −5.5 pp Annual average: -0.26 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

United Kingdom 11%
World 18.3%
Northern Europe computed 10.9%
High-income countries computed 12.7%
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — United Kingdom, by year United Kingdom All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 11 +0.2 pp
2020 10.8 +0.1 pp
2019 10.7 −0.6 pp
2018 11.3 +0.3 pp
2017 11 −0.3 pp
2016 11.3 +0 pp
2015 11.3 +0 pp
2014 11.3 −0.2 pp
2013 11.5 −0.2 pp
2012 11.7 −0.2 pp
2011 11.9 −0.5 pp
2010 12.4 −0.2 pp
2009 12.6 −0.6 pp
2008 13.2 −0.3 pp
2007 13.5 −0.3 pp
2006 13.8 −0.4 pp
2005 14.2 −0.4 pp
2004 14.6 −0.7 pp
2003 15.3 −0.4 pp
2002 15.7 −0.4 pp
2001 16.1 −0.4 pp
2000 16.5

Northern Europe, 2021

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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.