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Premature mortality from non-communicable diseases (Indicator 1)

Overall mortality from cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease, in the age group 30 to 69 years, age-standardised.

Overall mortality from cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease, in the age group 30 to 69 years, age-standardised.


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This indicator is part of Target (1): 33 per cent reduction in overall mortality from cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and chronic respiratory disease.  

For sufferers of diabetes or chronic respiratory disease, the cause of death is often stated as cardiovascular disease or cancer, so the significance of these two types of disease may be underestimated when the Cause of Death Registry is used as a source. The combination of these four diseases as cause of death is however a good indicator.

Results

The proportion of adults dying prematurely (defined here as death between ages 30 and 69) from NCDs has declined during the period 2005-2021 from 287 to 176 deaths per 100 000 population. The decline is seen for both sexes. A higher proportion of men than women die early from non-communicable diseases. This is mainly due to higher mortality from cardiovascular diseases in men. This is shown by data from the Cause of Death Registry, see Figures 1, 2 and 3.

Figure 1: Mortality rate of cancer, cardiovascular disease, COPD and diabetes in Norway, 2005-2020, both sexes, age group 30-69 years
Figure 1: Mortality rate of the NCDs of cancer, cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and diabetes in Norway, 2005-2020, both sexes, age group 30-69 years, deaths per 100 000 population, age-standardised. Source: Cause of Death Registry, Norwegian Institute of Public Health. See table 1.
Table 1 accompanying figure 1
 Both sexes

Cancer

Cardiovascular

COPD

Diabetes

Sum

2005

175

90

14

8

287

2006

169

86

16

7

278

2007

170

85

16

7

278

2008

163

81

17

6

267

2009

160

76

17

6

259

2010

163

73

15

6

257

2011

154

69

15

5

243

2012

148

70

15

7

240

2013

150

64

16

5

235

2014

144

58

14

6

222

2015

135

58

15

4

212

2016

138

53

16

5

212

2017

132

52

15

4

203

2018

126

50

14

4

194

2019

120

47

12

4

184

2020

116

46

11

5

178

2021

113

47

11

5

176

Figure 2: Mortality rate of cancer, cardiovascular disease, COPD and diabetes in Norway, 2005-2020, men, age group 30-69 years
Figure 2: Mortality rate of the NCDs of cancer, cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and diabetes in Norway, 2005-2020, men, age group 30-69 years, deaths per 100 000 population, age-standardised. Source: Cause of Death Registry, Norwegian Institute of Public Health. See table 2.
Table 2 accompanying figure 2
Men

Cancer

Cardiovascular

COPD

Diabetes

Sum

2005

183

134

15

12

343

2006

181

127

18

10

337

2007

180

127

16

9

333

2008

170

121

16

8

315

2009

171

112

17

8

308

2010

173

106

15

9

303

2011

162

99

16

7

284

2012

154

102

15

9

281

2013

156

93

16

8

273

2014

150

84

15

7

257

2015

144

83

15

7

249

2016

144

77

15

6

242

2017

138

74

15

6

233

2018

129

72

13

6

221

2019

127

68

12

6

212

2020

119

68

11

7

205

2021

113

71

10

7

201

Figure 3: Mortality rate of cancer, cardiovascular disease, COPD and diabetes in Norway, 2005-2020, women, age group 30-69 years
Figure 3: Mortality rate of the NCDs of cancer, cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and diabetes in Norway, 2005-2020, women, age group 30-69 years, deaths per 100 000 population, age-standardised. Source: Cause of Death Registry, Norwegian Institute of Public Health. See table 3.
Table 3 accompanying figure 3
Women

Cancer

Cardiovascular

COPD

Diabetes

Sum

2005

167

47

14

4

233

2006

158

46

15

3

222

2007

161

43

16

4

224

2008

156

42

18

4

220

2009

149

40

17

4

210

2010

154

38

15

3

210

2011

146

38

15

3

202

2012

141

37

16

4

198

2013

144

34

16

2

197

2014

138

32

14

4

188

2015

127

32

14

2

175

2016

131

29

17

4

181

2017

126

29

14

2

172

2018

122

27

15

3

167

2019

114

26

13

3

156

2020

113

24

11

4

151

2021

113

23

11

3

151

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Data source: Cause of Death Registry 

The data source for this indicator is the Cause of Death Registry at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. A description and definitions follow below.

Description 

The cause of death statistics are compiled on the basis of death certificates completed by public sector doctors. In addition, information is obtained from the Norwegian Cancer Registry, the Medical Birth Registry, hospital autopsy results and forensic examinations.

The following ICD10 diagnosis codes are included: 

  • Cancer C00-C97
  • Diabetes E10-E14
  • Cardiovascular disease I00-I99
  • COPD/emphysema/asthma/chronic bronchitis J40-J47

Effect measure

Number of deaths per 100 000 population, age-standardised.

Standardised values are recommended when looking at trends over time. The purpose of standardisation is to reduce the effect of different age compositions when comparing groups in time and space. The method employed is direct standardisation with a fixed standard population taken as the reference population. The European standard population in 2013 is used as the standard population (ESP 2013, Eurostat)

Data quality

The data quality is deemed to be generally good. However, the number of autopsies being performed is declining steadily, making quality assurance of diagnoses difficult. 

National adaptation to global indicators

WHO’s definition:

Indicator 1. Unconditional probability of dying between ages of 30 and 70 from cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory diseases, total mortality. 

National adaptation:

National data from the Cause of Death Registry is reported annually to Eurostat from where WHO will obtain the figures. WHO processes the data, using a life table method and its own standard population, presenting probability of dying.  

Our national mortality data are presented as mortality rates per 100 000 person years in line with other national databanks and are age-standardised using the European standard population defined by Eurostat. 

Due to different processing methods, there may be some divergence between the data presented above and the data presented by WHO. 

History

05.12.2022: Updated with 2021 figures, new data for women and men separately as well as total

24.11.2021: Updated figure and table with 2020 data

Authors and contacts

Text compiled by Department of Chronic Diseases and the Cause of Death Registry, Norwegian Institute of Public Health.

Updated table and figure February 2021