Four types of noncommunicable diseases - cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancers and chronic respiratory diseases - make the largest contribution to mortality in the majority of countries.
- These four NCDs are largely preventable by means of interventions that tackle four risk factors for NCDs: tobacco use, unhealthy diets, physical inactivity and harmful use of alcohol.
- Each year, 9 million people die from NCDs before the age of 60, and 90 percent of those deaths occur in developing countries.
- Premature deaths among women due to NCDs range from as high as 58 percent in low-income countries to as low as 6 percent in high-income countries, leading to growing inequalities between countries and populations.
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