descriptive claim
Non-communicable diseases (cardiovascular, cancer, chronic respiratory, diabetes) now account for roughly 74% of global deaths annually, having surpassed communicable/maternal/neonatal/nutritional conditions in both absolute and proportional terms since the 1990s.
desc_ncd_shift
confidence 0.90
Warrants (2)
supports (2)
- Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 direct_measurementweight0.90
locator: Cause-of-death distribution, 1990 vs 2021
- Noncommunicable Diseases Country Profiles and Fact Sheets direct_measurementweight0.90
locator: NCD fact sheet; share of global deaths