DROWNINGS AFRICA CAUSE OF DEATH (MALE)

CHOOSE CAUSE

CHOOSE REGION

MALE BOTH FEMALE

Death Rate per 100,000

GOOD

POOR

Region Rank		Rate	World Rank
1.	Seychelles	19.77	5
2.	Lesotho	15.20	7
3.	Swaziland	12.99	8
4.	Zimbabwe	10.87	12
5.	Cape Verde	9.85	16
6.	Somalia	9.34	20
7.	Mozambique	6.78	37
8.	Namibia	6.70	38
9.	South Africa	6.56	40
10.	Chad	6.10	42
11.	Botswana	5.98	44
12.	Guinea-Bissau	5.88	45
13.	Central Africa	5.71	46
14.	Burundi	5.47	49
15.	Benin	5.32	53
16.	Cote d Ivoire	5.30	54
17.	Niger	5.27	55
18.	Sierra Leone	5.11	57
19.	Cameroon	5.08	58
20.	Guinea	5.05	59
21.	Eritrea	5.01	61
22.	Mauritius	4.97	62
23.	Comoros	4.92	64
24.	Burkina Faso	4.69	69
25.	Zambia	4.64	70

Region Rank		Rate	World Rank
26.	Mali	4.56	71
27.	Sudan	4.36	76
28.	Djibouti	4.33	77
29.	Togo	4.24	80
30.	Angola	4.22	82
31.	South Sudan	3.69	91
32.	Ghana	3.54	93
33.	DR Congo	3.51	94
34.	Uganda	3.42	97
35.	Madagascar	3.41	99
36.	Gambia	3.39	100
37.	Senegal	3.38	101
38.	Malawi	3.36	102
39.	Ethiopia	3.29	104
40.	Kenya	3.15	108
41.	Rwanda	3.05	109
42.	Liberia	2.97	111
43.	Tanzania	2.92	112
44.	Mauritania	2.78	115
45.	Gabon	2.77	116
46.	Equ. Guinea	2.70	118
47.	Nigeria	2.63	119
48.	Congo	2.44	124
49.	Sao Tome	2.14	133

ICD-10 CODES: W65-W74

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.