Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Malaysia

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Malaysia in 2021 — 65%. Ranked 89 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 7.1 pp.

2021 65% −11.5 pp vs 2020
World rank 89of 185
Period maximum 76.5%2020
Period minimum 65%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Malaysia, 2000–202165707580200020032006200920122015201820212000: 72.1%2010: 73%2015: 73.8%2019: 75.9%2020: 76.5%2021: 65%
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: Malaysia

Malaysia 65%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Malaysia, by year Malaysia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 65 −11.5 pp
2020 76.5 +0.6 pp
2019 75.9
2015 73.8
2010 73
2000 72.1

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.