Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Poland

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Poland in 2021 — 72.3%. Ranked 62 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 17 pp.

2021 72.3% −8.5 pp vs 2020
World rank 62of 185
Period maximum 90.3%2015
Period minimum 72.3%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Poland, 2000–2021707580859095200020032006200920122015201820212000: 89.3%2010: 90%2015: 90.3%2019: 89.3%2020: 80.8%2021: 72.3%
Change over the period: −17 pp Annual average: -0.81 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Poland 72.3%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Poland, by year Poland All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 72.3 −8.5 pp
2020 80.8 −8.5 pp
2019 89.3
2015 90.3
2010 90
2000 89.3

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.