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. 2015 Jul 28;12(7):e1001859. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001859

Table 1. NCD mortality estimates in G20 countries + Nigeria, 2012 1 .

Country GDP Rank 2 Age-Standardized Death Rate per 100,000 from NCDs in Males Age-Standardized Death Rate per 100,000 from NCDs in Females Total Deaths from NCDs in the Year 2012
European Union 1
United States 2 488.9 350.1 2.3 million
China 3 650.6 508.5 8.6 million
Japan 4 333.3 173.5 0.9 million
Germany 5 447.8 295.1 0.8 million
United Kingdom 6 425.9 302.2 0.5 million
France 7 412.7 234.8 0.5 million
Brazil 8 617.7 429.4 1.0 million
Italy 9 382.1 242.5 0.5 million
India 10 785.0 586.6 5.9 million
Russia 11 1,155.6 573.8 1.8 million
Canada 12 378.6 268.0 0.2 million
Australia 13 359.9 253.0 0.1 million
South Korea 15 415.0 221.4 0.2 million
Mexico 16 539.5 410.9 0.5 million
Indonesia 17 774.6 600.2 1.1 million
Turkey 19 726.3 430.8 0.4 million
Saudi Arabia 20 622.4 472.2 0.1 million
Nigeria 23 712.8 638.4 0.5 million
Argentina 25 599.4 370.9 0.3 million
South Africa 34 902.8 587.4 0.3 million
All G20 countries + Nigeria 26.5 million
Global 38 million
Percentage of global NCD deaths occurring in the G20 + Nigeria 70%

1 Data from reference [8]’s Table 4.2, “NCD mortality—Comparable estimates of NCD mortality (age-standardized death rates for NCDs per 100 000; total NCD deaths in 1000s ), 2012,” except for the 38 million global figure, which was obtained from the document text.

2 Rank from http://databank.worldbank.org/data/download/GDP.pdf, with the number one ranking for the European Union added.