DIARRHOEAL DISEASES AFRICA CAUSE OF DEATH

CHOOSE REGION

CHOOSE CAUSE

MALE BOTH FEMALE

Death Rate per 100,000

GOOD

POOR

Region Rank		Rate	World Rank
1.	Somalia	190.57	1
2.	South Sudan	152.10	2
3.	Chad	134.10	3
4.	Nigeria	127.79	4
5.	Kenya	127.36	5
6.	Eritrea	115.68	6
7.	Central Africa	104.00	7
8.	Burundi	103.36	8
9.	Sierra Leone	99.98	9
10.	Angola	97.67	10
11.	Mali	96.68	11
12.	Comoros	94.09	12
13.	Niger	89.68	13
14.	Burkina Faso	89.19	14
15.	Malawi	83.86	15
16.	Zambia	79.02	16
17.	Cote d Ivoire	78.97	17
18.	Tanzania	78.62	18
19.	Mozambique	77.87	19
20.	Ethiopia	76.12	20
21.	Liberia	71.13	21
22.	Lesotho	68.59	22
23.	Benin	68.07	23
24.	Guinea	65.85	24
25.	DR Congo	61.01	25

Region Rank		Rate	World Rank
26.	Djibouti	60.99	26
27.	Togo	59.71	27
28.	Cameroon	58.89	28
29.	Guinea-Bissau	57.58	29
30.	Uganda	55.90	30
31.	Mauritania	53.80	31
32.	Madagascar	49.80	33
33.	Senegal	49.72	34
34.	Swaziland	45.71	35
35.	Rwanda	40.67	36
36.	Gambia	40.09	38
37.	Namibia	38.02	39
38.	Equ. Guinea	36.44	43
39.	Zimbabwe	36.06	44
40.	Congo	31.21	45
41.	Botswana	30.85	46
42.	South Africa	29.47	47
43.	Ghana	25.76	49
44.	Gabon	23.86	52
45.	Sudan	20.41	55
46.	Sao Tome	19.99	56
47.	Cape Verde	8.68	70
48.	Mauritius	2.68	102
49.	Seychelles	1.51	129

ICD-10 CODES: A00, A01, A03, A04, A06-A09

Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.

Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

Age Adjusted Death Rate Estimates: 2017
Calculations Provided by World Life Expectancy
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.