LUNG DISEASE AFRICA CAUSE OF DEATH

CHOOSE REGION

CHOOSE CAUSE

MALE BOTH FEMALE

Death Rate per 100,000

GOOD

POOR

Region Rank		Rate	World Rank
1.	Sao Tome	60.20	9
2.	Lesotho	55.25	10
3.	Swaziland	53.05	11
4.	Mali	44.55	14
5.	South Africa	44.30	16
6.	Namibia	43.86	17
7.	Botswana	42.66	20
8.	Central Africa	41.66	21
9.	Equ. Guinea	41.24	22
10.	Angola	40.22	23
11.	Sierra Leone	39.31	25
12.	Sudan	35.12	34
13.	Cote d Ivoire	34.56	36
14.	DR Congo	34.27	37
15.	Madagascar	34.22	38
16.	Mauritius	30.56	46
17.	Togo	29.36	47
18.	Benin	29.33	48
19.	Gambia	29.20	51
20.	Congo	29.04	52
21.	Comoros	28.25	53
22.	Burundi	27.83	55
23.	Eritrea	27.14	57
24.	Guinea-Bissau	26.93	59
25.	Gabon	26.53	63

Region Rank		Rate	World Rank
26.	Rwanda	25.79	68
27.	Guinea	25.37	71
28.	Niger	24.86	74
29.	Cameroon	24.85	75
30.	South Sudan	23.00	85
31.	Chad	22.93	86
32.	Malawi	22.87	87
33.	Senegal	22.57	89
34.	Zimbabwe	22.53	90
35.	Uganda	22.19	93
36.	Nigeria	21.14	102
37.	Ghana	21.09	103
38.	Zambia	20.04	108
39.	Mauritania	19.71	111
40.	Seychelles	19.52	114
41.	Burkina Faso	19.38	115
42.	Kenya	19.15	116
43.	Cape Verde	18.77	122
44.	Ethiopia	18.56	123
45.	Djibouti	18.41	126
46.	Tanzania	18.09	130
47.	Somalia	18.02	131
48.	Mozambique	17.81	133
49.	Liberia	17.35	136

ICD-10 CODES: J40-J44

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.