Table 1.

Mortality indicators and targets for the UNSDGs for 2030 and WHO GPW 13 (2019–2023)

Health category	Major causes of death	UNSDG targets to be achieved by 2030
Maternal health	Maternal causes—haemorrhage, obstructed labour, hypertensive disorders, sepsis, abortion	Reduce global Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) to <70/100 000 births
Child health	Prematurity, birth asphyxia, hypothermia Diarrhoea, pneumonia, malaria, sepsis Congenital anomalies	Reduce neonatal mortality rate to 12/1000 live births Reduce under-5 mortality to 25/1000
Infectious diseases	HIV, tuberculosis, malaria Hepatitis B and C	Reduce malaria/Tuberculosis deaths by 50% by 2023* Reduce Hep B/Hep C deaths by 40% by 2023*
Non-communicable diseases	Cancers Cardiovascular diseases Chronic obstructive lung disease Diabetes	Reduce risk of mortality between ages 30 and 70 years from these four conditions by 33%
Mental health	Suicide	Reduce suicide mortality rate by 15% by 2023*
Injuries	Road traffic injuries	Reduce death rate by 50%
Ambient and household air pollution	Lower respiratory infections Chronic obstructive lung disease Lung cancer Stroke/Ischaemic heart disease	Substantial reduction in mortality rates
Unsafe water, sanitation and lack of hygiene	Diarrhoeal diseases	Reduce number of deaths from water and soil contamination
Hazardous chemicals	Unintentional poisoning	Reduce number of deaths
Climate change/disasters	Injuries/missing persons	Reduce death rates
Climate sensitive diseases	Diarrhoeal diseases, leishmaniasis, malaria, trypanosomiasis, schistosomiasis, dengue	Reduce mortality rates by 10% by 2023

*Specified by the WHO GPW for 2019–2023.²⁶

GPW, General Programme of Work; UNSDG, UN Sustainable Development Goal.