Abbreviated name:

Mortality rate from the four main NCDs

Indicator name:

Mortality between 30 and 70 years of age from cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory diseases

Domain:

Health status

Subdomain:

NCDs

Definition:

Unconditional probability of dying between the exact ages of 30 and 70 years from cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory diseases, defined as the per cent 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).

Numerator:

Number of deaths between ages 30 and 70 years from the four causes in a synthetic life-table population.

Denominator:

Population at exact age 30 in the synthetic life-table population.

Primary Source:

WHO

Secondary Source:

Disaggregation/Additional dimension:

Place of residence, sex