BMJ Global Health, Global Healthcare Information Network CIC
Universal access to essential health information: accelerating progress towards universal health coverage and other SDG health targets
Publication
10 Apr 2025
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) – chief among them, cardiovascular diseases (heart disease and stroke), cancer, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases – cause nearly three-quarters of deaths in the world. Their drivers are social, environmental, commercial and genetic, and their presence is global. Every year 17 million people under the age of 70 die of NCDs, and 86% of them live in low- and middle-income countries. With the NCD Data Portal, users can explore key data by country, accessing detailed information on noncommunicable diseases and their key risk factors.