CONGENITAL ANOMALIES AFRICA CAUSE OF DEATH

CHOOSE CAUSE

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MALE BOTH FEMALE

Death Rate per 100,000

GOOD

POOR

Region Rank		Rate	World Rank
1.	Lesotho	11.28	4
2.	Nigeria	11.22	5
3.	Sierra Leone	10.44	6
4.	Cameroon	10.13	7
5.	Chad	10.03	8
6.	Angola	9.93	9
7.	Cote d Ivoire	9.91	11
8.	Equ. Guinea	9.49	12
9.	Benin	9.44	13
10.	Guinea-Bissau	9.17	17
11.	Swaziland	9.13	18
12.	Somalia	8.94	20
13.	Mozambique	8.38	22
14.	Djibouti	8.20	23
15.	Zambia	8.15	24
16.	Zimbabwe	8.15	25
17.	Mali	8.14	26
18.	Botswana	8.12	28
19.	South Sudan	7.99	32
20.	Comoros	7.95	33
21.	Burkina Faso	7.94	34
22.	DR Congo	7.74	35
23.	Guinea	7.74	36
24.	Liberia	7.74	37
25.	Central Africa	7.72	39

Region Rank		Rate	World Rank
26.	Niger	7.56	40
27.	Tanzania	7.48	42
28.	Mauritania	7.27	46
29.	Togo	7.21	48
30.	Ghana	7.03	51
31.	Rwanda	7.02	52
32.	Burundi	6.87	55
33.	Gambia	6.72	59
34.	Senegal	6.71	60
35.	Seychelles	6.66	61
36.	Congo	6.57	65
37.	Sudan	6.55	66
38.	Eritrea	6.40	71
39.	Gabon	6.38	72
40.	Ethiopia	6.38	73
41.	Malawi	6.35	75
42.	Mauritius	6.34	76
43.	Uganda	6.31	78
44.	Sao Tome	6.30	79
45.	Namibia	6.25	81
46.	South Africa	6.23	83
47.	Kenya	6.20	86
48.	Madagascar	5.69	96
49.	Cape Verde	5.58	97

ICD-10 CODES: Q00-Q99 (minus Q86.0)

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.

Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020

Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.