Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Denmark

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Denmark in 2021 — 87.7%. Ranked 6 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 2.9 pp.

2021 87.7% +0.1 pp vs 2020
World rank 6of 185
Period maximum 90.6%2000
Period minimum 87.6%2020

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Denmark, 2000–20218788899091200020032006200920122015201820212000: 90.6%2010: 89.8%2015: 90.1%2019: 89.3%2020: 87.6%2021: 87.7%
Change over the period: −2.9 pp Annual average: -0.14 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Denmark 87.7%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Denmark, by year Denmark All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 87.7 +0.1 pp
2020 87.6 −1.7 pp
2019 89.3
2015 90.1
2010 89.8
2000 90.6

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.