It's hard to make comparisons with other countries, because oftentimes the way we count chronic diseases will differ. Generally speaking, however, our rates of chronic diseases are comparable with other developed countries, such as the U.S., the U.K., and Australia.
We don't know what the rates of chronic diseases are like in developing countries, because they don't have the infrastructure to do surveillance at all, but in general the developing countries are seeing rates grow at about the same pace.
When you think about the causes, it's not surprising. We're all dealing with rising rates of physical inactivity and rising rates of unhealthy eating. We're all seeing rising rates of obesity. The fact that people are overweight and obese is a major driver of increasing chronic disease rates in our population. Those rates are similar in developed countries.