Table 3.
Country NCD mortality and metabolic risk factor profiles
| Countries (ranked by descending GNI per capita) | Total deaths from NCDs (000’s) (2008) (1) | NCD death rates per 100,000 * (2008) (1) | Mortality by cause (% of total deaths, all ages) (1, 2) (2014) | Metabolic/behavioural risk factors, prevalence (%) (2008) (1) | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMPM | NCDs | NCDs in those <60 years old (2008) | CVD | Cancer | CRD | Diabetes | Tobacco use* † | Over-weight *‡ | Obesity *‡ | Raised blood pressure *§ | Raised blood glucose *¶ | |||||||||||
| M | F | Both sexes | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | ||||||||
| Singapore | 10.1 | 7.8 | 17.9 | 372 | 239 | 19 | 76 | 22 | 31 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 34 | 26 | 7 | 7 | 40 | 34 | 8 | 6 |
| Japan | 473.2 | 435.5 | 908.8 | 337 | 178 | 13 | 79 | 9 | 29 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 34 | 11 | 30 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 47 | 41 | 9 | 7 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 534 | 489 | 9 | 80 | 36 | 34 | 17 | 7 | 11 | 32 | 4 | 36 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 33 | 23 | 9 | 6 |
| South Korea | 112.3 | 96.7 | 209.0 | 465 | 247 | 8 | 79 | 19 | 25 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 50 | 5 | 34 | 29 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 28 | 7 | 6 |
| Malaysia | 50.4 | 39.1 | 89.5 | 606 | 436 | 16 | 73 | 31 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 41 | 2 | 42 | 46 | 10 | 17 | 37 | 32 | 11 | 10 |
| China | 4324.0 | 3675.4 | 7998.8 | 665 | 495 | 5 | 87 | 20 | 45 | 23 | 11 | 2 | 49 | 2 | 26 | 25 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 36 | 10 | 9 |
| Thailand | 227.1 | 191.3 | 418.4 | 792 | 541 | 18 | 71 | 29 | 29 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 36 | 2 | 27 | 37 | 5 | 12 | 36 | 32 | 7 | 7 |
| Indonesia | 582.3 | 481.7 | 1064.0 | 757 | 538 | 22 | 71 | 31 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 53 | 3 | 16 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 39 | 36 | 6 | 7 |
| Philippines | 175.7 | 133.9 | 309.5 | 712 | 483 | 25 | 67 | 41 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 8 | 25 | 28 | 5 | 8 | 35 | 30 | 6 | 6 |
| India | 2967.6 | 2273.8 | 5241.4 | 782 | 571 | 28 | 60 | 35 | 26 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 25 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 32 | 10 | 10 |
| Vietnam | 208.1 | 222.0 | 430.1 | 687 | 508 | 16 | 73 | 23 | 33 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 40 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 30 | 7 | 7 |
| Laos | 12.1 | 11.7 | 23.8 | 849 | 689 | 43 | 48 | 36 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 41 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 34 | 30 | … | … |
| Cambodia | 31.1 | 25.5 | 56.6 | 958 | 592 | 37 | 52 | 47 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 25 | 4 | 5 |
| Myanmar | 125.8 | 116.6 | 242.5 | 737 | 570 | 30 | 59 | 29 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 32 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 2 | 6 | 41 | 37 | 5 | 7 |
| Total | 17011.03 | |||||||||||||||||||||
CMPM = Communicable, maternal, peri-natal and malnutrition related; CRD = Chronic respiratory diseases; CVD = Cardiovascular diseases; * = age-standardised; † = 15 years and older, currently smoking any tobacco product; ‡ = 20 years and older; § = systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 OR diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90 OR on medication for raised blood pressure; ¶ = 25 years and older, raised fasting blood glucose (≥7.0 mmol/L or on medication); Data sources: 1 = WHO Global Health Data Repository; 2 = WHO NCD country profiles (2014).