RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE AFRICA CAUSE OF DEATH (FEMALE)

CHOOSE CAUSE

CHOOSE REGION

MALE BOTH FEMALE

Death Rate per 100,000

GOOD

POOR

Region Rank		Rate	World Rank
1.	Central Africa	10.38	11
2.	Lesotho	7.71	14
3.	Zimbabwe	5.34	18
4.	Sao Tome	5.32	19
5.	Somalia	4.54	22
6.	DR Congo	4.51	23
7.	Madagascar	4.15	27
8.	Angola	3.88	28
9.	Guinea	3.83	29
10.	Niger	3.79	30
11.	Eritrea	3.76	31
12.	Congo	3.62	32
13.	Chad	3.61	33
14.	Equ. Guinea	3.40	36
15.	Burkina Faso	3.30	37
16.	Guinea-Bissau	3.24	40
17.	Sierra Leone	3.20	41
18.	Mali	3.15	42
19.	Mozambique	3.15	43
20.	Burundi	2.99	44
21.	Sudan	2.80	46
22.	Benin	2.73	47
23.	Togo	2.61	50
24.	Comoros	2.57	52
25.	Swaziland	2.55	53

Region Rank		Rate	World Rank
26.	Gambia	2.52	55
27.	Djibouti	2.51	56
28.	Cameroon	2.47	57
29.	Zambia	2.46	58
30.	Botswana	2.25	61
31.	Cote d Ivoire	2.25	62
32.	Rwanda	2.19	64
33.	South Africa	2.13	68
34.	Liberia	2.09	69
35.	Ethiopia	2.04	70
36.	South Sudan	2.03	71
37.	Senegal	2.00	72
38.	Gabon	2.00	73
39.	Nigeria	1.98	74
40.	Kenya	1.93	75
41.	Uganda	1.84	79
42.	Namibia	1.82	82
43.	Tanzania	1.79	83
44.	Malawi	1.77	84
45.	Ghana	1.76	85
46.	Mauritania	1.54	91
47.	Cape Verde	0.86	132
48.	Seychelles	0.59	153
49.	Mauritius	0.37	166

ICD-10 CODES: I01-I09

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.