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Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 15-59, male (% of total male deaths ages 15-59) by country

Number of male deaths ages 15-59 due to non-communicable diseases divided by number of all male deaths ages 15-59, 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
81.1%
Denmark
Lowest
17.2%
Botswana
Median
49.2%
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
1,392

What the numbers show

Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 15-59, male (% of total male deaths ages 15-59) is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 81.1% in Denmark; the lowest is 17.2% in Botswana.

The median across all reporting countries is 49.2%, and the mean is 51.3%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.

Over the past decade 68 countries rose and 117 fell. The largest increase was in Haiti (up 205.5%), and the largest decrease in Tunisia (down 49.4%).

Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases, ages 15-59, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Denmark 81.1% 2021 down 1.0% flat
2 Singapore 78.7% 2021 up 5.2% rising
3 Germany 78.2% 2021 down 4.4% flat
4 Tonga 77.5% 2021 up 3.8% rising
5 Canada 76.8% 2021 up 7.5% rising
6 Finland 76.6% 2021 up 4.3% rising
7 Samoa 76.5% 2021 up 4.8% rising
8 China 76.5% 2021 up 8.0% rising
9 United Kingdom 76.1% 2021 down 4.5% flat
10 Netherlands 75.6% 2021 down 5.8% falling
11 Brunei 75.5% 2021 up 7.7% rising
12 Ireland 75.3% 2021 up 7.0% rising
13 Italy 75.0% 2021 down 2.6% flat
14 Malta 74.9% 2021 down 2.0% flat
15 Spain 74.7% 2021 down 4.9% rising
16 Iceland 74.6% 2021 up 8.2% rising
17 France 73.4% 2021 down 3.0% flat
18 Slovenia 73.4% 2021 down 1.5% flat
19 Estonia 73.3% 2021 up 3.7% rising
20 Luxembourg 72.5% 2021 up 0.8% rising
21 Japan 72.4% 2021 up 6.9% rising
22 Australia 72.4% 2021 up 2.1% flat
23 Micronesia (country) 72.3% 2021 down 2.0% flat
24 Cyprus 72.2% 2021 down 1.7% rising
25 Switzerland 72.2% 2021 down 3.7% flat
26 Mauritius 72.2% 2021 down 3.1% flat
27 New Zealand 71.6% 2021 up 3.2% rising
28 Austria 71.5% 2021 down 5.5% flat
29 Kiribati 71.2% 2021 down 2.6% flat
30 Norway 71.1% 2021 down 6.0% flat
31 Greece 71.0% 2021 down 8.3% flat
32 Croatia 70.3% 2021 down 12.4% flat
33 Portugal 70.2% 2021 down 4.0% rising
34 Vanuatu 69.2% 2021 down 1.2% flat
35 Latvia 68.8% 2021 up 0.5% rising
36 Vietnam 68.3% 2021 up 12.9% rising
37 Bulgaria 67.8% 2021 down 19.2% falling
38 Sweden 67.7% 2021 down 7.6% falling
39 Hungary 66.8% 2021 down 18.6% falling
40 Lithuania 66.6% 2021 up 3.4% rising
41 South Korea 66.6% 2021 up 3.9% flat
42 Czechia 65.9% 2021 down 9.6% flat
43 Belgium 65.5% 2021 down 7.6% flat
44 Philippines 65.0% 2021 up 3.2% rising
45 Mongolia 64.9% 2021 down 2.3% rising
46 Poland 64.8% 2021 down 13.3% falling
47 Uzbekistan 64.4% 2021 down 12.8% flat
48 Serbia 63.8% 2021 down 24.4% falling
49 Belarus 63.7% 2021 down 7.0% rising
50 United States 63.7% 2021 down 10.3% flat
51 Fiji 63.7% 2021 down 21.0% falling
52 Georgia 63.4% 2021 down 22.0% falling
53 Romania 63.4% 2021 down 16.2% falling
54 Slovakia 63.1% 2021 down 15.9% falling
55 Solomon Islands 63.0% 2021 up 6.1% rising
56 Armenia 62.7% 2021 down 18.9% falling
57 Bhutan 61.0% 2021 up 11.3% rising
58 Laos 60.5% 2021 up 8.9% rising
59 North Korea 60.4% 2021 up 2.3% rising
60 North Macedonia 60.1% 2021 down 29.4% falling
61 Israel 60.0% 2021 down 14.7% flat
62 Puerto Rico 59.6% 2021 up 11.8% rising
63 Moldova 58.8% 2021 down 10.8% flat
64 Ukraine 58.8% 2021 down 8.5% rising
65 Bangladesh 58.0% 2021 down 9.0% flat
66 Turkmenistan 57.7% 2021 up 2.3% falling
67 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 57.2% 2021 up 4.5% rising
68 Cuba 57.1% 2021 down 21.0% flat
69 Morocco 57.0% 2021 down 9.8% flat
70 Algeria 56.9% 2021 down 7.0% flat
71 Seychelles 56.7% 2021 down 13.8% flat
72 Thailand 56.6% 2021 up 29.6% rising
73 Cambodia 56.0% 2021 up 6.8% rising
74 Bosnia and Herzegovina 55.8% 2021 down 29.4% falling
75 Sri Lanka 55.8% 2021 up 12.6% rising
76 Montenegro 55.7% 2021 down 28.4% falling
77 Malaysia 55.1% 2021 up 1.5% rising
78 Kuwait 54.9% 2021 down 18.7% flat
79 United Arab Emirates 54.7% 2021 up 4.2% rising
80 Syria 54.7% 2021 down 24.8% falling
81 Chile 54.3% 2021 down 11.5% flat
82 Barbados 54.2% 2021 down 16.6% rising
83 Myanmar 53.5% 2021 up 2.0% rising
84 Turkey 52.4% 2021 down 31.5% falling
85 Bahrain 51.8% 2021 down 23.4% rising
86 Pakistan 51.7% 2021 down 8.9% falling
87 Kyrgyzstan 51.4% 2021 down 21.1% flat
88 Grenada 51.3% 2021 down 26.4% falling
89 Egypt 50.6% 2021 down 36.8% falling
90 Russia 50.4% 2021 down 20.6% flat
91 Sao Tome and Principe 49.6% 2021 up 6.6% rising
92 Dominican Republic 49.5% 2021 up 22.3% rising
93 Maldives 49.2% 2021 down 32.6% falling
94 Comoros 48.8% 2021 down 7.7% flat
95 Trinidad and Tobago 48.8% 2021 down 6.2% falling
96 Antigua and Barbuda 48.7% 2021 down 21.3% rising
97 Uruguay 48.4% 2021 down 19.8% falling
98 Rwanda 48.4% 2021 up 24.6% rising
99 Saudi Arabia 48.3% 2021 down 5.8% flat
100 Palestine 48.3% 2021 down 15.3% rising
101 Bahamas 48.1% 2021 down 14.3% rising
102 Benin 47.8% 2021 down 2.4% rising
103 Costa Rica 47.8% 2021 down 10.2% flat
104 Libya 47.6% 2021 down 4.6% flat
105 Cape Verde 47.5% 2021 up 8.1% rising
106 Togo 46.9% 2021 up 12.4% rising
107 Kazakhstan 46.9% 2021 down 27.8% falling
108 Qatar 46.7% 2021 down 16.1% falling
109 Eritrea 46.2% 2021 up 5.3% rising
110 Haiti 45.7% 2021 up 205.5% rising
111 Nicaragua 45.5% 2021 down 13.4% flat
112 Iraq 45.4% 2021 up 9.2% flat
113 Tajikistan 45.3% 2021 down 21.6% falling
114 East Timor 45.0% 2021 down 13.5% rising
115 Azerbaijan 44.8% 2021 down 37.5% falling
116 Madagascar 44.4% 2021 down 6.0% rising
117 Burundi 44.3% 2021 up 29.1% rising
118 Burkina Faso 43.8% 2021 down 1.7% rising
119 Papua New Guinea 42.7% 2021 down 5.4% rising
120 Ghana 42.5% 2021 up 7.9% rising
121 Sierra Leone 42.4% 2021 up 10.6% rising
122 Nigeria 42.2% 2021 up 17.5% rising
123 Senegal 42.1% 2021 down 4.5% rising
124 India 42.1% 2021 down 18.8% rising
125 Cameroon 41.9% 2021 up 13.2% rising
126 Mali 41.5% 2021 down 5.3% rising
127 Cote d'Ivoire 41.5% 2021 up 35.6% rising
128 Albania 41.0% 2021 down 41.6% falling
129 Ecuador 40.9% 2021 down 0.2% flat
130 Iran 40.8% 2021 down 24.1% falling
131 Nepal 40.7% 2021 down 7.0% rising
132 Djibouti 40.6% 2021 up 51.5% rising
133 Mexico 40.0% 2021 down 23.9% falling
134 Indonesia 40.0% 2021 down 38.4% falling
135 Niger 39.6% 2021 up 0.0% rising
136 Democratic Republic of Congo 39.5% 2021 up 20.6% rising
137 Argentina 39.5% 2021 down 37.2% falling
138 Panama 39.0% 2021 up 4.4% rising
139 Oman 39.0% 2021 down 34.9% falling
140 Sudan 38.7% 2021 down 18.7% flat
141 Angola 38.7% 2021 up 13.4% rising
142 Mauritania 38.4% 2021 up 0.8% rising
143 Guyana 38.2% 2021 down 15.5% flat
144 El Salvador 37.8% 2021 down 6.0% rising
145 Venezuela 37.5% 2021 up 9.4% rising
146 Guinea 37.5% 2021 down 9.1% rising
147 Lebanon 37.4% 2021 down 39.6% falling
148 Jordan 37.0% 2021 down 48.5% falling
149 Ethiopia 36.8% 2021 up 4.4% rising
150 Liberia 36.5% 2021 up 8.5% rising
151 Malawi 36.5% 2021 up 37.9% rising
152 Tanzania 36.4% 2021 up 55.2% rising
153 Brazil 36.3% 2021 down 27.4% falling
154 Jamaica 36.0% 2021 down 8.5% rising
155 Chad 35.8% 2021 down 8.5% rising
156 Uganda 35.6% 2021 up 27.2% rising
157 Gambia 34.6% 2021 down 5.8% flat
158 Paraguay 33.7% 2021 down 33.5% flat
159 Zambia 33.7% 2021 up 40.4% rising
160 South Sudan 33.5% 2021 up 47.7% rising
161 Tunisia 33.4% 2021 down 49.4% falling
162 Saint Lucia 33.2% 2021 down 43.1% falling
163 Suriname 33.1% 2021 down 32.2% rising
164 Guatemala 32.3% 2021 down 20.6% flat
165 Somalia 32.1% 2021 up 1.6% flat
166 Yemen 32.0% 2021 down 37.4% falling
167 Gabon 31.6% 2021 down 7.7% rising
168 Belize 31.0% 2021 down 13.3% falling
169 Mozambique 30.7% 2021 up 28.5% rising
170 Peru 29.6% 2021 down 33.8% falling
171 Guinea-Bissau 29.4% 2021 down 0.4% falling
172 Honduras 29.4% 2021 down 16.7% flat
173 Eswatini 28.3% 2021 up 56.7% rising
174 Bolivia 27.6% 2021 down 40.0% falling
175 Congo 27.5% 2021 down 9.8% falling
176 Equatorial Guinea 26.5% 2021 down 6.6% falling
177 Kenya 25.2% 2021 up 20.2% rising
178 Colombia 25.1% 2021 down 4.2% rising
179 Central African Republic 25.1% 2021 down 5.7% rising
180 Zimbabwe 24.9% 2021 up 51.7% rising
181 Afghanistan 24.6% 2021 down 38.6% falling
182 South Africa 24.4% 2021 up 30.5% rising
183 Lesotho 22.4% 2021 up 27.5% rising
184 Namibia 20.1% 2021 up 2.9% rising
185 Botswana 17.2% 2021 down 20.6% 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 15-59, male (% of total male deaths ages 15-59)
Unit
% of total male deaths ages 15-59
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 male deaths ages 15-59 due to non-communicable diseases divided by number of all male deaths ages 15-59, expressed by percentage. Non-Communicable diseases include cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and congenital anomalies.