Figure 5.

Distribution of percentage change in age-standardised mortality rate for Level 1 causes by SDI quintile

(A) Communicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional diseases. (B) Non-communicable diseases. (C) Injuries. The figure shows the distribution of the percentage change in the age-standardised mortality rate by Level 1 cause over the three 5-year periods (2003–07, 2008–12, and 2013–17). The colours represent SDI quintiles. The solid line represents no change in the age-standardised mortality rate during the specified 5-year period. The dotted line represents the median over all countries in the percentage change. Countries that were outliers (>30% decrease or a 10% increase in a given time period) were removed from the figure in order to better distinguish the shape of the distribution. For communicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional diseases, the following countries were excluded: Finland, Georgia, Lithuania, Rwanda, Serbia, South Africa, Turkey, and Ukraine in 2003–07; Botswana, Croatia, Dominica, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe in 2008–12; and Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa, and Swaziland in 2013–17. For injuries, the following were excluded: Afghanistan, Burundi, Cape Verde, Comoros, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Liberia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Spain, and Trinidad and Tobago in 2003–07; El Salvador, Honduras, Israel, Libya, Mexico, Myanmar, Palestine, Samoa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Syria, and Ukraine in 2008–12; and Afghanistan, Honduras, Iraq, Libya, Puerto Rico, Ukraine, and Yemen in 2013–17. SDI=Socio-demographic Index.