Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Panama

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Panama in 2021 — 66.7%. Ranked 85 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 0.9 pp.

2021 66.7% +3.4 pp vs 2020
World rank 85of 185
Period maximum 79.2%2019
Period minimum 63.3%2020

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Panama, 2000–20216065707580200020032006200920122015201820212000: 67.6%2010: 69.1%2015: 75.1%2019: 79.2%2020: 63.3%2021: 66.7%
Change over the period: −0.9 pp Annual average: -0.04 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Panama 66.7%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Panama, by year Panama All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 66.7 +3.4 pp
2020 63.3 −16 pp
2019 79.2
2015 75.1
2010 69.1
2000 67.6

Central America, 2021

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.