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POISONINGS AFRICA

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Death Rate per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lesotho
4.09
1
2. Mozambique
3.13
2
3. Somalia
2.89
3
4. Zimbabwe
2.82
4
5. Eritrea
2.68
6
6. Burkina Faso
2.66
7
7. Burundi
2.60
9
8. Mali
2.46
10
9. Nigeria
2.45
11
10. Djibouti
2.27
12
11. Central Africa
2.23
13
12. Zambia
2.17
14
13. Ethiopia
2.16
15
14. Comoros
2.14
16
15. Sierra Leone
2.14
17
16. Chad
2.09
18
17. Equ. Guinea
2.07
19
18. Madagascar
2.01
20
19. Cameroon
2.00
21
20. Niger
1.99
22
21. Swaziland
1.93
23
22. South Sudan
1.83
25
23. Tanzania
1.78
26
24. Guinea
1.75
27
25. Benin
1.72
28
Region Rank Rate World Rank
26. Kenya
1.71
29
27. Angola
1.69
30
28. Guinea-Bissau
1.65
31
29. Cote d Ivoire
1.60
33
30. Rwanda
1.57
34
31. Botswana
1.52
35
32. Congo
1.47
36
33. Uganda
1.46
37
34. South Africa
1.44
38
35. Malawi
1.43
39
36. Namibia
1.39
43
37. Gambia
1.38
44
38. Togo
1.34
46
39. Liberia
1.32
47
40. Senegal
1.31
48
41. Ghana
1.26
49
42. Sudan
1.25
50
43. Mauritania
1.19
52
44. DR Congo
1.17
53
45. Gabon
1.07
54
46. Seychelles
0.45
79
47. Mauritius
0.32
90
48. Cape Verde
0.24
107
49. Sao Tome
0.13
138
ICD-10 CODES: X40, X43, X46-X48, X49
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.