Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Australia

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Australia in 2021 — 89.6%. Ranked 4 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 0.1 pp.

2021 89.6% −0 pp vs 2020
World rank 4of 185
Period maximum 90.4%2010
Period minimum 88.9%2019

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Australia, 2000–202188.58989.59090.5200020032006200920122015201820212000: 89.7%2010: 90.4%2015: 89.4%2019: 88.9%2020: 89.6%2021: 89.6%
Change over the period: −0.1 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Australia 89.6%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Australia, by year Australia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 89.6 −0 pp
2020 89.6 +0.7 pp
2019 88.9
2015 89.4
2010 90.4
2000 89.7

Australia and New Zealand, 2021

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

AU Australia 89.6 NZ New Zealand 89.5

About the indicator

The share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in the total number of deaths during a year. This group takes in cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease and the remaining conditions that do not pass from person to person. The three shares — noncommunicable diseases, infections and injuries — together make up a hundred percent, so they have to be read only together: a rise in one share means a fall in the other two and does not by itself say that people started dying of that cause more often.

Important: There are no aggregates by country group: the correct weight is the total number of deaths, and all we have is the death rate, not the absolute number. A share, not a level: in countries with high life expectancy it is close to 90% because infections have been beaten.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.