Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Canada

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Canada in 2021 — 86.1%. Ranked 8 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 3.5 pp.

2021 86.1% +1.3 pp vs 2020
World rank 8of 185
Period maximum 89.7%2000
Period minimum 84.9%2020

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Canada, 2000–202184868890200020032006200920122015201820212000: 89.7%2010: 88.6%2015: 88.6%2019: 89.3%2020: 84.9%2021: 86.1%
Change over the period: −3.5 pp Annual average: -0.17 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Canada 86.1%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Canada, by year Canada All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 86.1 +1.3 pp
2020 84.9 −4.4 pp
2019 89.3
2015 88.6
2010 88.6
2000 89.7

Northern America, 2021

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

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.