INFLAMMATORY/HEART AFRICA CAUSE OF DEATH

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Death Rate per 100,000

GOOD

POOR

Region Rank		Rate	World Rank
1.	South Africa	14.65	12
2.	Swaziland	14.48	13
3.	Lesotho	12.79	19
4.	Ghana	11.61	21
5.	Botswana	11.22	24
6.	Equ. Guinea	10.71	32
7.	Namibia	10.70	33
8.	Angola	10.60	34
9.	Zimbabwe	9.46	38
10.	Sudan	9.19	40
11.	Burkina Faso	9.07	41
12.	Cote d Ivoire	8.09	52
13.	Central Africa	7.85	54
14.	Gabon	7.62	56
15.	Madagascar	7.57	57
16.	Comoros	7.38	60
17.	Sierra Leone	7.29	62
18.	Djibouti	7.13	65
19.	Cameroon	6.72	71
20.	Congo	6.63	73
21.	Nigeria	6.49	74
22.	Eritrea	6.44	75
23.	Mozambique	5.94	79
24.	Uganda	5.93	80
25.	Burundi	5.92	81

Region Rank		Rate	World Rank
26.	Chad	5.88	82
27.	DR Congo	5.80	85
28.	Mali	5.77	86
29.	Gambia	5.72	88
30.	Benin	5.68	89
31.	Rwanda	5.59	92
32.	South Sudan	5.52	94
33.	Togo	5.52	95
34.	Tanzania	5.49	96
35.	Sao Tome	5.30	100
36.	Ethiopia	5.22	101
37.	Somalia	4.99	106
38.	Mauritius	4.90	108
39.	Mauritania	4.86	110
40.	Malawi	4.75	114
41.	Zambia	4.71	116
42.	Guinea-Bissau	4.69	117
43.	Guinea	4.46	122
44.	Senegal	4.40	123
45.	Kenya	4.32	129
46.	Liberia	4.17	132
47.	Seychelles	3.82	138
48.	Niger	3.75	143
49.	Cape Verde	3.46	149

ICD-10 CODES: I30-I33, I38, I40, I42

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.