Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Romania

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Romania in 2021 — 72.8%. Ranked 60 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 16.9 pp.

2021 72.8% −8.6 pp vs 2020
World rank 60of 185
Period maximum 92.2%2015
Period minimum 72.8%2021

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Romania, 2000–2021707580859095200020032006200920122015201820212000: 89.7%2010: 92.1%2015: 92.2%2019: 90.6%2020: 81.4%2021: 72.8%
Change over the period: −16.9 pp Annual average: -0.81 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Romania 72.8%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Romania, by year Romania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 72.8 −8.6 pp
2020 81.4 −9.1 pp
2019 90.6
2015 92.2
2010 92.1
2000 89.7

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.