Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 0-4, female (% of total female deaths ages 0-4) by country

Number of female deaths ages 0-4 due to non-communicable diseases divided by number of all female deaths ages 0-4, expressed by percentage. Non-Communicable diseases include cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and congenital anomalies.

Countries reporting
185
Highest
60.5%
Japan
Lowest
3.4%
Central African Republic
Median
30.9%
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,392

What the numbers show

Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 0-4, female (% of total female deaths ages 0-4) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 60.5% in Japan; the lowest is 3.4% in Central African Republic.

The median across all reporting countries is 30.9%, and the mean is 27.9%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 18.

Over the past decade 136 countries rose and 49 fell. The largest increase was in Haiti (up 366.4%), and the largest decrease in Belize (down 39.5%).

Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 0-4, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Japan 60.5% 2021 up 3.7% rising
2 Antigua and Barbuda 55.9% 2021 up 46.4% rising
3 Singapore 55.2% 2021 down 3.7% flat
4 Ireland 53.9% 2021 up 0.9% flat
5 Israel 52.1% 2021 up 6.4% rising
6 Slovenia 51.9% 2021 up 68.2% rising
7 Belarus 51.8% 2021 up 1.0% rising
8 Finland 51.8% 2021 down 2.1% flat
9 Lithuania 51.8% 2021 up 17.3% rising
10 Switzerland 51.0% 2021 up 6.2% rising
11 Malta 50.2% 2021 down 26.2% rising
12 Brunei 49.5% 2021 down 3.6% rising
13 Kuwait 49.2% 2021 down 4.6% falling
14 Bahrain 49.0% 2021 down 7.6% falling
15 Chile 48.9% 2021 up 9.1% rising
16 Portugal 48.1% 2021 up 14.4% flat
17 Iceland 47.6% 2021 down 24.7% falling
18 Sweden 46.6% 2021 down 6.1% falling
19 Austria 46.5% 2021 up 10.8% falling
20 United Arab Emirates 46.2% 2021 down 0.6% rising
21 Norway 46.1% 2021 down 8.5% falling
22 Turkey 44.9% 2021 down 10.7% falling
23 Qatar 44.5% 2021 up 4.7% rising
24 Saudi Arabia 44.4% 2021 up 8.3% rising
25 Oman 44.1% 2021 up 0.5% flat
26 Poland 43.9% 2021 up 0.5% flat
27 Spain 43.8% 2021 down 6.4% falling
28 Italy 43.3% 2021 up 1.8% flat
29 Croatia 43.2% 2021 up 10.4% rising
30 Estonia 43.2% 2021 up 25.6% rising
31 Luxembourg 42.8% 2021 up 3.2% flat
32 Germany 42.8% 2021 down 5.2% falling
33 Slovakia 42.8% 2021 down 3.6% rising
34 Uruguay 42.5% 2021 down 1.9% rising
35 Costa Rica 42.3% 2021 down 6.6% flat
36 Sri Lanka 41.6% 2021 up 7.3% rising
37 Libya 41.6% 2021 up 11.1% rising
38 Malaysia 41.1% 2021 down 0.8% flat
39 Barbados 41.1% 2021 up 8.2% rising
40 Australia 41.0% 2021 down 8.6% flat
41 Latvia 40.7% 2021 up 15.0% falling
42 Thailand 40.7% 2021 up 19.6% rising
43 Argentina 40.6% 2021 up 1.8% rising
44 Kazakhstan 40.5% 2021 up 31.3% rising
45 Canada 40.5% 2021 down 2.6% falling
46 Netherlands 40.2% 2021 down 17.1% falling
47 Ukraine 40.0% 2021 up 16.4% rising
48 Trinidad and Tobago 39.8% 2021 up 28.0% rising
49 Greece 39.7% 2021 down 27.5% falling
50 Hungary 39.4% 2021 up 2.7% rising
51 Georgia 39.3% 2021 up 27.4% rising
52 Cuba 39.2% 2021 down 2.3% falling
53 Belgium 39.1% 2021 down 18.5% falling
54 Cyprus 39.0% 2021 up 30.5% falling
55 United Kingdom 39.0% 2021 down 5.4% flat
56 Bulgaria 38.5% 2021 up 22.4% rising
57 United States 38.5% 2021 down 1.0% flat
58 Lebanon 38.3% 2021 up 4.4% rising
59 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 37.0% 2021 down 3.2% rising
60 Denmark 36.8% 2021 up 7.1% falling
61 Tonga 36.5% 2021 up 2.3% rising
62 El Salvador 36.4% 2021 up 12.5% rising
63 New Zealand 36.4% 2021 down 6.3% falling
64 France 36.4% 2021 down 11.6% falling
65 Iran 36.2% 2021 up 21.5% rising
66 South Korea 36.0% 2021 up 3.2% flat
67 Russia 35.7% 2021 down 12.1% rising
68 Colombia 35.7% 2021 up 6.3% rising
69 Azerbaijan 35.5% 2021 up 110.6% rising
70 Panama 35.5% 2021 up 13.6% rising
71 Bosnia and Herzegovina 35.4% 2021 up 4.5% rising
72 Uzbekistan 35.4% 2021 up 50.3% rising
73 Egypt 35.2% 2021 up 51.0% rising
74 Moldova 35.1% 2021 up 1.2% rising
75 Seychelles 34.7% 2021 up 2.8% flat
76 Maldives 34.5% 2021 up 1.8% rising
77 Mongolia 34.4% 2021 up 28.5% rising
78 Mexico 34.3% 2021 down 6.9% rising
79 North Korea 33.8% 2021 up 39.6% rising
80 Syria 33.7% 2021 down 6.2% rising
81 Armenia 33.6% 2021 up 3.9% rising
82 Jordan 32.9% 2021 up 3.6% rising
83 Ecuador 32.8% 2021 down 0.9% flat
84 Albania 32.5% 2021 down 13.4% rising
85 China 32.1% 2021 up 11.9% rising
86 Czechia 32.0% 2021 down 9.5% flat
87 Tunisia 32.0% 2021 up 8.4% rising
88 Brazil 31.9% 2021 up 9.4% rising
89 Vietnam 31.0% 2021 up 12.3% rising
90 Puerto Rico 31.0% 2021 up 22.3% rising
91 Romania 31.0% 2021 up 3.5% rising
92 Nicaragua 30.9% 2021 up 8.5% rising
93 Indonesia 30.9% 2021 up 101.8% rising
94 Serbia 30.7% 2021 down 0.3% falling
95 Peru 30.7% 2021 up 6.7% rising
96 Morocco 30.2% 2021 up 80.0% rising
97 North Macedonia 29.7% 2021 up 37.6% rising
98 Paraguay 29.7% 2021 up 24.2% rising
99 Mauritius 29.5% 2021 down 10.7% flat
100 Bahamas 29.1% 2021 down 17.0% falling
101 Cape Verde 28.3% 2021 up 47.6% rising
102 Saint Lucia 28.2% 2021 up 10.7% falling
103 Palestine 28.0% 2021 up 8.3% rising
104 Samoa 27.8% 2021 up 11.6% rising
105 Philippines 27.1% 2021 up 54.3% rising
106 Honduras 26.6% 2021 up 21.8% rising
107 Grenada 26.3% 2021 down 31.3% rising
108 Fiji 25.8% 2021 down 20.0% falling
109 Iraq 25.7% 2021 up 77.0% rising
110 Cambodia 25.5% 2021 up 80.6% rising
111 Venezuela 24.7% 2021 up 12.9% rising
112 Montenegro 24.6% 2021 up 14.3% flat
113 Algeria 24.5% 2021 up 10.6% rising
114 Vanuatu 24.4% 2021 up 39.6% rising
115 Bhutan 24.1% 2021 up 88.5% rising
116 Guatemala 24.1% 2021 up 29.3% rising
117 Sao Tome and Principe 23.8% 2021 up 70.3% rising
118 Belize 22.6% 2021 down 39.5% flat
119 Bolivia 22.4% 2021 up 39.5% rising
120 Jamaica 22.2% 2021 down 14.0% rising
121 Kyrgyzstan 22.2% 2021 up 45.2% rising
122 Suriname 21.7% 2021 down 5.2% rising
123 Guyana 21.4% 2021 up 2.7% rising
124 Solomon Islands 19.7% 2021 up 33.2% rising
125 Nepal 19.0% 2021 up 76.6% rising
126 Tajikistan 18.6% 2021 up 20.2% rising
127 Micronesia (country) 17.1% 2021 up 11.9% rising
128 Dominican Republic 17.0% 2021 up 31.3% rising
129 Turkmenistan 16.8% 2021 down 3.5% rising
130 South Africa 16.7% 2021 up 106.0% rising
131 Bangladesh 16.3% 2021 up 107.3% rising
132 India 14.7% 2021 up 71.6% rising
133 Rwanda 14.1% 2021 up 22.0% rising
134 Botswana 13.5% 2021 up 76.1% rising
135 Kiribati 13.3% 2021 down 0.2% rising
136 Myanmar 13.2% 2021 up 10.3% rising
137 Pakistan 13.2% 2021 up 63.4% rising
138 Eritrea 12.5% 2021 up 21.7% rising
139 Laos 12.1% 2021 up 33.7% rising
140 Kenya 11.8% 2021 up 42.7% rising
141 Haiti 11.7% 2021 up 366.4% rising
142 Namibia 11.4% 2021 up 19.2% rising
143 Ghana 11.4% 2021 up 81.2% rising
144 Senegal 11.2% 2021 up 21.3% rising
145 East Timor 10.7% 2021 up 36.1% rising
146 Sudan 10.2% 2021 up 12.4% rising
147 Eswatini 10.2% 2021 up 28.3% rising
148 Malawi 10.0% 2021 up 59.3% rising
149 Zimbabwe 9.7% 2021 up 59.6% rising
150 Yemen 9.6% 2021 up 3.2% rising
151 Comoros 9.5% 2021 up 21.5% rising
152 Uganda 9.4% 2021 up 80.7% rising
153 Lesotho 9.4% 2021 up 47.3% rising
154 Gambia 9.4% 2021 up 8.9% rising
155 Mauritania 9.3% 2021 up 17.2% rising
156 Burundi 8.4% 2021 up 8.8% rising
157 Papua New Guinea 8.2% 2021 down 7.7% rising
158 Tanzania 8.1% 2021 up 32.2% rising
159 Gabon 8.1% 2021 up 25.6% rising
160 Togo 8.1% 2021 up 42.8% rising
161 Zambia 8.0% 2021 up 31.0% rising
162 Djibouti 7.9% 2021 up 0.8% rising
163 Ethiopia 7.2% 2021 up 28.4% rising
164 Guinea-Bissau 7.2% 2021 up 33.0% rising
165 Burkina Faso 7.1% 2021 up 106.0% rising
166 Congo 6.8% 2021 down 7.1% rising
167 Cameroon 6.6% 2021 up 15.3% rising
168 Cote d'Ivoire 6.5% 2021 up 84.3% rising
169 Madagascar 6.4% 2021 down 19.5% rising
170 Afghanistan 5.7% 2021 up 21.9% rising
171 Angola 5.6% 2021 down 0.7% rising
172 Mozambique 5.5% 2021 up 8.7% rising
173 Sierra Leone 5.4% 2021 up 62.7% rising
174 Mali 5.3% 2021 up 17.7% rising
175 Democratic Republic of Congo 5.3% 2021 up 42.1% rising
176 Somalia 5.2% 2021 up 11.4% rising
177 Benin 5.2% 2021 up 5.8% rising
178 Chad 5.0% 2021 up 15.8% rising
179 Equatorial Guinea 5.0% 2021 up 3.6% rising
180 Guinea 4.5% 2021 up 16.9% rising
181 Liberia 4.5% 2021 down 6.6% rising
182 Niger 4.4% 2021 up 33.3% rising
183 South Sudan 4.0% 2021 up 1.0% rising
184 Nigeria 3.5% 2021 up 18.4% rising
185 Central African Republic 3.4% 2021 up 14.3% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 0-4, female (% of total female deaths ages 0-4)
Unit
% of total female deaths ages 0-4
Source
Global Health Estimates, World Health Organization (WHO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
232 places, 1,392 data points, 2000–2021
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Number of female deaths ages 0-4 due to non-communicable diseases divided by number of all female deaths ages 0-4, expressed by percentage. Non-Communicable diseases include cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and congenital anomalies.