Good Health and Well-Being - The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3

The UN explains: "Significant strides have been made in increasing life expectancy and reducing some of the common killers responsible for the child and maternal mortality.

Major progress has also been made on increasing access to clean water and sanitation, reducing malaria, tuberculosis, polio, and the spread of HIV/AIDS.

However, many more efforts are needed to control a wide range of diseases and address many different persistent and emerging health issues."


The UN has defined 13 Targets and 28 Indicators for SDG 3. Targets specify the goals and Indicators represent the metrics by which the world aims to track whether these Targets are achieved. Below we quote the original text of all Targets and show the data on the agreed Indicators.

How is the world doing on this goal?

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Target 3.4: Reduce mortality from non-communicable diseases and promote mental health

UN definition: By 2030, "reduce by one-third premature mortality from non-communicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being."

Mortality rate attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease - SDG Indicator 3.4.1

Definition: Indicator 3.4.1 is the "mortality rate attributed to cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic respiratory disease."



This is defined as the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that they would experience current mortality rates at every age and would not die from any other cause of death (e.g. injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Goal: By 2030 "reduce premature mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by one-third" in all countries.

Suicide mortality rate - SDG Indicator 3.4.2

Definition: Indicator 3.4.2 is "suicide mortality rate".



The suicide mortality rate is the number of deaths from suicide measured per 100,000 individuals in a given population.

Goal: By 2030 "promote mental health and wellbeing". There is no defined target level of suicide reduction for this indicator.

Target 3.5: Prevent and treat substance abuse

UN definition: "Strengthen the prevention and treatment of substance abuse, including narcotic drug abuse and harmful use of alcohol."

Coverage of treatment interventions (pharmacological, psychosocial and rehabilitation and aftercare services) for substance use disorders - SDG Indicator 3.5.1

Definition: Indicator 3.5.1 is the "coverage of treatment interventions (pharmacological, psychosocial and rehabilitation and aftercare services) for substance use disorders".

This is the share of people with substance use disorders who receive treatment in the form of pharmacological, psychosocial, rehabilitation or aftercare services.

Goal: By 2030 "Strengthen the prevention and treatment of substance abuse" across all countries. However, there is no defined target level for this indicator.

Alcohol consumption per capita - SDG Indicator 3.5.2

Definition: Indicator 3.5.2 is the "Harmful use of alcohol, defined according to the national context as alcohol per capita consumption (aged 15 years and older) within a calendar year in liters of pure alcohol".



Goal: By 2030 "Strengthen the prevention and treatment of alcohol abuse" across all countries. However, there is no defined target level for this indicator.


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