Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Cuba

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Cuba in 2021 — 61.1%. Ranked 104 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 20.2 pp.

2021 61.1% −24.2 pp vs 2020
World rank 104of 185
Period maximum 85.2%2020
Period minimum 61.1%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Cuba, 2000–202160708090200020032006200920122015201820212000: 81.3%2010: 85%2015: 83.7%2019: 83.2%2020: 85.2%2021: 61.1%
Change over the period: −20.2 pp Annual average: -0.96 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Cuba 61.1%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Cuba, by year Cuba All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 61.1 −24.2 pp
2020 85.2 +2 pp
2019 83.2
2015 83.7
2010 85
2000 81.3

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.