Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Latin America & Caribbean in 2021 — 56.7%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 10.1 pp.
2000–2021 · % of total deaths
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 56.7 | −5.4 pp |
| 2020 | 62.1 | −12.8 pp |
| 2019 | 74.9 | — |
| 2015 | 74.1 | — |
| 2010 | 69.1 | — |
| 2000 | 66.8 | — |
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.
What part of all deaths is accounted for by infections, and also by conditions of pregnancy and childbirth and by undernutrition.
Mortality Share of deaths from injuriesWhat part of all deaths is accounted for by external causes: road accidents, falls, poisonings, homicides and suicides.
Diseases Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseasesThe chance for a thirty-year-old of dying before 70 of cancer, diabetes, heart disease or respiratory disease.
Demography Life expectancy at birthLife expectancy at birth — how many years a newborn will live on average.