Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Jamaica

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Jamaica in 2021 — 68.7%. Ranked 72 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 3.2 pp.

2021 68.7% −8.5 pp vs 2020
World rank 72of 185
Period maximum 78.2%2019
Period minimum 68.7%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Jamaica, 2000–202167.57072.57577.580200020032006200920122015201820212000: 71.9%2010: 73.4%2015: 77.2%2019: 78.2%2020: 77.2%2021: 68.7%
Change over the period: −3.2 pp Annual average: -0.15 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Jamaica 68.7%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Jamaica, by year Jamaica All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 68.7 −8.5 pp
2020 77.2 −1 pp
2019 78.2
2015 77.2
2010 73.4
2000 71.9

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.