Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — United States

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases in the United States in 2021 — 13.7%. Ranked 50 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 4.1 pp.

2021 13.7% +0.1 pp vs 2020
World rank 50of 185
Period maximum 17.8%2000
Period minimum 13.2%2019

Trend over time

2000–2021 · %

Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — United States, 2000–202112141618200020032006200920122015201820212000: 17.8%2001: 17.4%2002: 17.2%2003: 16.9%2004: 16.3%2005: 16%2006: 15.6%2007: 15.2%2008: 15.1%2009: 14.8%2010: 14.5%2011: 14.3%2012: 14.2%2013: 14%2014: 13.9%2015: 14%2016: 13.9%2017: 13.7%2018: 13.5%2019: 13.2%2020: 13.6%2021: 13.7%
Change over the period: −4.1 pp Annual average: -0.2 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

United States 13.7%
World 18.3%
High-income countries computed 12.7%
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases — United States, by year United States All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 13.7 +0.1 pp
2020 13.6 +0.4 pp
2019 13.2 −0.3 pp
2018 13.5 −0.2 pp
2017 13.7 −0.2 pp
2016 13.9 −0.1 pp
2015 14 +0.1 pp
2014 13.9 −0.1 pp
2013 14 −0.2 pp
2012 14.2 −0.1 pp
2011 14.3 −0.2 pp
2010 14.5 −0.3 pp
2009 14.8 −0.3 pp
2008 15.1 −0.1 pp
2007 15.2 −0.4 pp
2006 15.6 −0.4 pp
2005 16 −0.3 pp
2004 16.3 −0.6 pp
2003 16.9 −0.3 pp
2002 17.2 −0.2 pp
2001 17.4 −0.4 pp
2000 17.8

Northern America, 2021

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CA Canada 9.7 US United States 13.7

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.