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HYPERTENSION AFRICA

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Death Rate per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Central Africa
83.57
1
2. Lesotho
78.46
2
3. Madagascar
75.35
3
4. Eritrea
65.10
5
5. Congo
63.43
6
6. DR Congo
59.49
7
7. Mozambique
58.87
8
8. Zambia
58.34
9
9. Somalia
56.21
11
10. Equ. Guinea
54.01
12
11. Angola
47.88
15
12. Gabon
47.05
16
13. Djibouti
46.59
18
14. Swaziland
44.95
19
15. Comoros
44.05
21
16. Botswana
43.85
22
17. Namibia
40.01
27
18. Burundi
39.92
28
19. Seychelles
39.58
29
20. Tanzania
38.07
30
21. Burkina Faso
38.01
31
22. Sudan
37.99
32
23. Guinea
35.99
35
24. Rwanda
35.62
36
25. South Africa
35.30
37
Region Rank Rate World Rank
26. Ethiopia
34.29
39
27. Malawi
33.76
40
28. Uganda
33.59
41
29. Chad
32.96
42
30. Kenya
32.86
43
31. South Sudan
31.87
44
32. Guinea-Bissau
31.33
45
33. Gambia
30.55
47
34. Mauritius
29.82
48
35. Mali
28.80
50
36. Sierra Leone
27.56
51
37. Togo
27.32
53
38. Cameroon
26.68
57
39. Benin
26.43
58
40. Cote d Ivoire
25.61
63
41. Niger
25.30
65
42. Zimbabwe
24.71
70
43. Ghana
24.27
73
44. Liberia
24.08
74
45. Nigeria
22.52
81
46. Senegal
22.51
82
47. Mauritania
21.13
83
48. Cape Verde
14.62
107
49. Sao Tome
10.85
121
ICD-10 CODES: I10-I15
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.