| Summary: | The contemporary society is privileged today, more than at any other time in history, because access to health services, education, mobility of the population, increased life expectancy and the eradication of deadly diseases have led society to a better world. However, billions of people still have a low standard of life, living at the limit of poverty, illness, social exclusion and premature death. In this study we intend to carry out a analysis of the dynamics of age-standardized overall premature mortality rate (from 30 to under 70 years) for four major non communicable diseases: cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes mellitus and chronic respiratory diseases (1990-2015), some of the most expressive demographic indicators of the vulnerability of human communities. We will try to overcome a possible correlation between this indicator and other socio-demographic indicators considered by the World Health Organization to be important: the unemployment rate, total expenditure on health as a proportion of gross domestic product (GDP) (WHO estimates) (%), consumption of alcohol, percentage of children vaccinated against measles etc. From a methodological point of view, both the general trends analyzed at the level of the European countries and the specific trends observed at the national level are concerned. The data used are part of the database of the World Health Organization, EUROSTAT, www.indexmundi.com›. The territorial analysis mediated by the GIS will permanently accompany the statistical methods, constituting the specific geographical contribution essential to the whole approach. Following the documentation from the specialized literature, the consultation of the statistical data and the realization of the graphic and catalog materials, we would like to carry out a qualitative analysis, confirming the initial hypotheses.
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