Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — all countries

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Sao Tome and Principe

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases in Sao Tome and Principe in 2021 — 59.3%. Ranked 108 in the world out of 185. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 21.2 pp.

2021 59.3% −2.8 pp vs 2020
World rank 108of 185
Period maximum 66.2%2019
Period minimum 38%2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of total deaths

Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Sao Tome and Principe, 2000–20213040506070200020032006200920122015201820212000: 38%2010: 51.1%2015: 58%2019: 66.2%2020: 62.1%2021: 59.3%
Change over the period: +21.2 pp Annual average: 1.01 pp

Comparison, 2021

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sao Tome and Principe

Sao Tome and Principe 59.3%
World 63.4%
Share of deaths from noncommunicable diseases — Sao Tome and Principe, by year Sao Tome and Principe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 59.3 −2.8 pp
2020 62.1 −4.1 pp
2019 66.2
2015 58
2010 51.1
2000 38

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.