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Non-Communicable Disease Deaths in Latin America

Deaths from non-communicable diseases as a share of all deaths, latest WHO estimate, %

Chile leads at 73.2%
Current·Data to 2021

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World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from WHO Global Health Estimates. Heart disease, cancer, diabetes, chronic respiratory and other non-infectious conditions. The latest estimate is 2021, when COVID-19 deaths, counted as communicable, lowered the share in many countries. The twenty most populous countries of the region; the smaller Caribbean states are in the signal library.

The share of deaths caused by chronic, non-infectious disease in the larger Latin American and Caribbean countries, with the regional and world figures for reference. Chile and Uruguay are at the top and Guatemala, Peru and Bolivia at the bottom. The latest estimate is for 2021, when COVID-19 deaths, counted as communicable, lowered the share most where the pandemic killed most.

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Brazil · Deaths from Non-Communicable Diseases · % of all deaths. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Estimates, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator SH.DTH.NCOM.ZS. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from WHO Global Health Estimates. Palanor reads it each month.

Mexico · Deaths from Non-Communicable Diseases · % of all deaths. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Estimates, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator SH.DTH.NCOM.ZS. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from WHO Global Health Estimates. Palanor reads it each month.

Colombia · Deaths from Non-Communicable Diseases · % of all deaths. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Estimates, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator SH.DTH.NCOM.ZS. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from WHO Global Health Estimates. Palanor reads it each month.

Argentina · Deaths from Non-Communicable Diseases · % of all deaths. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Estimates, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator SH.DTH.NCOM.ZS. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from WHO Global Health Estimates. Palanor reads it each month.

Peru · Deaths from Non-Communicable Diseases · % of all deaths. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Estimates, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator SH.DTH.NCOM.ZS. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from WHO Global Health Estimates. Palanor reads it each month.

Venezuela · Deaths from Non-Communicable Diseases · % of all deaths. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Estimates, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator SH.DTH.NCOM.ZS. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from WHO Global Health Estimates. Palanor reads it each month.

Chile · Deaths from Non-Communicable Diseases · % of all deaths. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Estimates, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator SH.DTH.NCOM.ZS. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from WHO Global Health Estimates. Palanor reads it each month.

Guatemala · Deaths from Non-Communicable Diseases · % of all deaths. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Estimates, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator SH.DTH.NCOM.ZS. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from WHO Global Health Estimates. Palanor reads it each month.

Ecuador · Deaths from Non-Communicable Diseases · % of all deaths. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Estimates, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator SH.DTH.NCOM.ZS. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from WHO Global Health Estimates. Palanor reads it each month.

Bolivia · Deaths from Non-Communicable Diseases · % of all deaths. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Estimates, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator SH.DTH.NCOM.ZS. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from WHO Global Health Estimates. Palanor reads it each month.

Haiti · Deaths from Non-Communicable Diseases · % of all deaths. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Estimates, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator SH.DTH.NCOM.ZS. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from WHO Global Health Estimates. Palanor reads it each month.

Cuba · Deaths from Non-Communicable Diseases · % of all deaths. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Estimates, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator SH.DTH.NCOM.ZS. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from WHO Global Health Estimates. Palanor reads it each month.

Dominican Republic · Deaths from Non-Communicable Diseases · % of all deaths. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Estimates, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator SH.DTH.NCOM.ZS. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from WHO Global Health Estimates. Palanor reads it each month.

Honduras · Deaths from Non-Communicable Diseases · % of all deaths. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Estimates, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator SH.DTH.NCOM.ZS. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from WHO Global Health Estimates. Palanor reads it each month.

Paraguay · Deaths from Non-Communicable Diseases · % of all deaths. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Estimates, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator SH.DTH.NCOM.ZS. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from WHO Global Health Estimates. Palanor reads it each month.

Nicaragua · Deaths from Non-Communicable Diseases · % of all deaths. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Estimates, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator SH.DTH.NCOM.ZS. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from WHO Global Health Estimates. Palanor reads it each month.

El Salvador · Deaths from Non-Communicable Diseases · % of all deaths. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Estimates, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator SH.DTH.NCOM.ZS. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from WHO Global Health Estimates. Palanor reads it each month.

Costa Rica · Deaths from Non-Communicable Diseases · % of all deaths. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Estimates, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator SH.DTH.NCOM.ZS. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from WHO Global Health Estimates. Palanor reads it each month.

Panama · Deaths from Non-Communicable Diseases · % of all deaths. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Estimates, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator SH.DTH.NCOM.ZS. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from WHO Global Health Estimates. Palanor reads it each month.

Uruguay · Deaths from Non-Communicable Diseases · % of all deaths. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Estimates, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator SH.DTH.NCOM.ZS. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from WHO Global Health Estimates. Palanor reads it each month.

Latin America & Caribbean · Deaths from Non-Communicable Diseases · % of all deaths. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Estimates, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator SH.DTH.NCOM.ZS. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from WHO Global Health Estimates. Palanor reads it each month.

World · Deaths from Non-Communicable Diseases · % of all deaths. Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Estimates, via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator SH.DTH.NCOM.ZS. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from WHO Global Health Estimates. Palanor reads it each month.

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