Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Ireland

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Ireland in 2021 — 81.7%. Ranked 20 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 3.6 pp.

2021 81.7% −4.2 pp vs 2020
World rank 20of 185
Period maximum 90.8%2019
Period minimum 81.7%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Ireland, 2000–20218082.58587.59092.5200020032006200920122015201820212000: 85.3%2010: 88.6%2015: 89.9%2019: 90.8%2020: 86%2021: 81.7%
Change over the period: −3.6 pp Annual average: -0.17 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Ireland 81.7%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Ireland, by year Ireland All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 81.7 −4.2 pp
2020 86 −4.9 pp
2019 90.8
2015 89.9
2010 88.6
2000 85.3

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.