Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Lithuania

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Lithuania in 2021 — 78.1%. Ranked 38 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 7.1 pp.

2021 78.1% −8.1 pp vs 2020
World rank 38of 185
Period maximum 90.7%2019
Period minimum 78.1%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Lithuania, 2000–20217580859095200020032006200920122015201820212000: 85.2%2010: 88.8%2015: 89.8%2019: 90.7%2020: 86.2%2021: 78.1%
Change over the period: −7.1 pp Annual average: -0.34 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Lithuania 78.1%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Lithuania, by year Lithuania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 78.1 −8.1 pp
2020 86.2 −4.4 pp
2019 90.7
2015 89.8
2010 88.8
2000 85.2

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.