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Reading no. 2024/319

SocietyObserved dataAnnual fixture: World Diabetes Day

Premature mortality from noncommunicable diseases, Pacific

44.1% probability

Pacific

KiribatiSolomon IslandsMicronesiaFijiVanuatuSamoaPapua New GuineaTonga

Probability of dying between ages 30 and 70 from cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease: the top ten of the Pacific.

  1. Kiribati44.1
  2. Solomon Islands40.6
  3. Micronesia40.5
  4. Fiji37.9
  5. Vanuatu36.8
  6. Samoa32.3
  7. Papua New Guinea28.5
  8. Tonga26.9
  9. New Zealand10.3
  10. Australia8.3

In the first territory of the ranking, Kiribati, this probability is 44.1% between ages 30 and 70.

Observation

Method

World Bank indicator SH.DYN.NCOM.ZS, read for seventeen territories of the Pacific from 2011 to 2022. The latest published value of each is kept, then the ten highest are ranked.

Source

Nature

Observed data

Value read at the source and reproduced without processing.

Recurring annual series. This reading is published every year on this date.

Confidence

Medium

See also

2025/278 · 5 Oct40.2pupils per teacherPupils per teacher in primary education, Pacific2025/067 · 8 Mar44.3%Share of parliamentary seats held by women in the Pacific2025/339 · 5 Dec27.8% of land areaShare of arable land in land area, Pacific2024/290 · 16 Oct97.2% of exportsShare of food in merchandise exports, Pacific

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