Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases

Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Non-communicable diseases include cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and congenital anomalies.

Publisher
World Bank
Unit
Cadence
Annual
Series
185
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Updated
2026-09-06

Provenance

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  1. Produced by

    World Health Organization

    Global Health Estimates, World Health Organization (WHO), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/mortality-and-global-health-estimates/ghe-leading-causes-of-death, note: Derived based on the data from Global Health Estimates Deaths by Cause, Age, Sex, by Country and by Region, 2000-2021

    declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization

  2. Read from

    World Bank

    World Development Indicators

    declared by worldbank in source

Latest observations

CountryPeriodValueUnit
Afghanistan202134.26percent
Albania202166.88percent
Algeria202173.89percent
Angola202135.30percent
Antigua and Barbuda202169.56percent
Argentina202160.51percent
Armenia202171.94percent
Australia202189.63percent
Austria202183.53percent
Azerbaijan202158.76percent

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