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Key messages
• Of all deaths in Myanmar, 68% were caused by NCDs in 2016, up from 49% in 2000.
• Unhealthy behaviours, including poor diets and tobacco use, are increasing in Myanmar, which puts more and more people at risk of non-communicable diseases.
• Poverty rates steadily declined between 2004 and 2015, but 37% of people are still below or near the poverty line where health risks are a considerable concern, highlighting the social inequalities in health outcomes.
• NCDs are on Myanmar’s health policy agenda, but scarce and poor-quality data is hampering efforts to tackle them.