Health in North Macedonia is improving. The Macedonian life expectancy in 2016 was 74 for men and 78 for women. In 2015 it was estimated that 11.44% of the Macedonian population had diabetes, costing about $403 per person per year.[1] In 2015 it had the fourth highest rate of death from non-communicable diseases in Europe (637 per 100,000).[2]