High income - Cause of death

Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions include infectious and parasitic diseases, respiratory infections, and nutritional deficiencies such as underweight and stunting.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 6.68
2010 6.47
2015 6.86
2019 6.58

Cause of death, by injury (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Injuries include unintentional and intentional injuries.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 6.10
2010 5.89
2015 5.61
2019 5.68

Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)

Definition: 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.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 87.22
2010 87.64
2015 87.53
2019 87.73

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%) in High income was 8.87 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 11.96 in 2000, while its lowest value was 8.87 in 2019.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 11.96
2001 11.64
2002 11.43
2003 11.23
2004 10.86
2005 10.69
2006 10.39
2007 10.24
2008 10.11
2009 9.92
2010 9.73
2011 9.63
2012 9.53
2013 9.38
2014 9.22
2015 9.24
2016 9.19
2017 9.03
2018 8.95
2019 8.87

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%) in High income was 14.51 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 20.92 in 2000, while its lowest value was 14.51 in 2019.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 20.92
2001 20.32
2002 19.88
2003 19.52
2004 18.88
2005 18.54
2006 18.05
2007 17.80
2008 17.46
2009 17.18
2010 16.81
2011 16.46
2012 16.18
2013 15.90
2014 15.54
2015 15.52
2016 15.36
2017 15.03
2018 14.77
2019 14.51

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%) in High income was 11.72 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 16.36 in 2000, while its lowest value was 11.72 in 2019.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 16.36
2001 15.90
2002 15.60
2003 15.33
2004 14.84
2005 14.57
2006 14.20
2007 14.01
2008 13.75
2009 13.52
2010 13.23
2011 13.01
2012 12.84
2013 12.62
2014 12.39
2015 12.38
2016 12.27
2017 12.05
2018 11.85
2019 11.72

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 12.92

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 23.46

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 17.81

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) in High income was 0.366 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.455 in 2005 and a minimum value of 0.336 in 2015.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 0.453
2001 0.452
2002 0.424
2003 0.432
2004 0.429
2005 0.455
2006 0.445
2007 0.431
2008 0.419
2009 0.411
2010 0.415
2011 0.393
2012 0.397
2013 0.378
2014 0.351
2015 0.336
2016 0.376
2017 0.386
2018 0.390
2019 0.366

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population) in High income was 0.216 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.284 in 2001 and a minimum value of 0.216 in 2019.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of female deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 female population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 0.255
2001 0.284
2002 0.273
2003 0.273
2004 0.276
2005 0.275
2006 0.281
2007 0.265
2008 0.260
2009 0.259
2010 0.269
2011 0.252
2012 0.248
2013 0.242
2014 0.232
2015 0.248
2016 0.227
2017 0.235
2018 0.229
2019 0.216

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population) in High income was 0.512 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.641 in 2005 and a minimum value of 0.484 in 2015.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of male deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 male population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 0.629
2001 0.627
2002 0.561
2003 0.619
2004 0.593
2005 0.641
2006 0.622
2007 0.603
2008 0.623
2009 0.585
2010 0.576
2011 0.563
2012 0.523
2013 0.498
2014 0.502
2015 0.484
2016 0.516
2017 0.533
2018 0.550
2019 0.512

Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) in High income was 6.87 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7.50 in 2009 and a minimum value of 6.84 in 2001.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 6.99
2001 6.84
2002 7.12
2003 7.28
2004 7.29
2005 7.26
2006 7.09
2007 7.30
2008 7.35
2009 7.50
2010 7.47
2011 7.50
2012 7.30
2013 7.33
2014 7.23
2015 7.21
2016 6.92
2017 6.88
2018 6.92
2019 6.87

Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) in High income was 20.07 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 22.27 in 2009 and a minimum value of 20.07 in 2019.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 21.27
2001 21.24
2002 21.61
2003 22.09
2004 21.64
2005 21.53
2006 20.95
2007 21.01
2008 21.55
2009 22.27
2010 22.05
2011 21.98
2012 21.58
2013 21.45
2014 21.07
2015 20.81
2016 20.47
2017 20.68
2018 20.37
2019 20.07

Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) in High income was 13.42 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 14.83 in 2009 and a minimum value of 13.42 in 2019.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 14.03
2001 13.94
2002 14.26
2003 14.59
2004 14.37
2005 14.32
2006 13.93
2007 14.09
2008 14.37
2009 14.83
2010 14.70
2011 14.72
2012 14.39
2013 14.35
2014 14.12
2015 13.96
2016 13.64
2017 13.75
2018 13.63
2019 13.42

Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people)

The value for Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people) in High income was 8.33 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 14.07 in 2000 and a minimum value of 8.05 in 2014.

Definition: Mortality caused by road traffic injury is estimated road traffic fatal injury deaths per 100,000 population.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Status Report on Road Safety 2018 through Global Health Observatory data repository.

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Year Value
2000 14.07
2001 13.55
2002 13.39
2003 12.95
2004 12.53
2005 12.23
2006 11.87
2007 11.22
2008 10.36
2009 9.45
2010 8.95
2011 8.85
2012 8.65
2013 8.20
2014 8.05
2015 8.26
2016 8.43
2017 8.37
2018 8.30
2019 8.33

Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene is deaths attributable to unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene focusing on inadequate WASH services per 100,000 population. Death rates are calculated by dividing the number of deaths by the total population. In this estimate, only the impact of diarrhoeal diseases, intestinal nematode infections, and protein-energy malnutrition are taken into account.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 0.292

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors