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Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)
Health & Population
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)
Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions include infectious and parasitic diseases, respiratory infections, and nutritional deficiencies such as underweight and stunting.
World Bank code: SH.DTH.COMM.ZS
• Data available for 185 countries • Latest year: 2021
In ,
Chad
led Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total) at 66.42.
The world median across 185 reporting countries was
25.99.
What this measures:
Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions include infectious and parasitic diseases, respiratory infections, and nutritional deficiencies such as underweight and stunting.
How "Health & Population" indicators are measured
Health and population indicators come from national vital-registration systems, demographic and health surveys, and modeling by the UN Population Division and WHO. Mortality and morbidity estimates are often modeled rather than directly observed in lower-capacity statistical systems, which means some figures are interpolations between survey years. Life expectancy is a "period" measure based on current age-specific mortality, not a forecast of how long someone born today will actually live.
Distribution — 2021
Reporting
185 countries
Median
25.99
Mean
30.00
25th percentile
16.97
75th percentile
41.06
Range
2.56 – 66.42
World at a Glance — 2021
Every reporting country, grouped by region, shaded by value (quintile).
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Highest Values — 2021
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Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)
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