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INFLAMMATORY/HEART AFRICA

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Death Rate per 100,000
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
Region Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lesotho
21.17
6
2. Zimbabwe
15.59
10
3. Swaziland
15.09
11
4. Botswana
13.33
15
5. Central Africa
12.87
16
6. South Africa
12.75
17
7. Namibia
12.49
19
8. Ghana
11.13
23
9. Equ. Guinea
10.22
26
10. Angola
9.85
28
11. DR Congo
9.82
29
12. Seychelles
9.39
31
13. Congo
9.18
32
14. Burkina Faso
9.08
35
15. Gabon
8.92
37
16. Cameroon
7.89
42
17. Niger
7.46
44
18. Guinea
7.28
46
19. Togo
7.26
47
20. Benin
7.05
48
21. Cote d Ivoire
6.94
49
22. Sierra Leone
6.88
51
23. Chad
6.76
53
24. Mali
6.70
54
25. Mauritius
6.69
55
Region Rank Rate World Rank
26. Madagascar
6.62
56
27. Gambia
6.44
58
28. Mozambique
6.41
59
29. Zambia
6.33
60
30. Djibouti
6.22
63
31. Guinea-Bissau
6.15
65
32. Somalia
5.86
70
33. Eritrea
5.74
71
34. Senegal
5.54
75
35. Nigeria
5.49
76
36. Sao Tome
5.37
78
37. Rwanda
5.09
86
38. Comoros
5.04
87
39. Burundi
4.86
89
40. Mauritania
4.86
90
41. Liberia
4.81
91
42. Uganda
4.44
95
43. Malawi
4.28
101
44. Kenya
4.22
105
45. Tanzania
4.21
107
46. Ethiopia
3.59
120
47. Cape Verde
3.52
122
48. South Sudan
3.15
132
49. Sudan
2.98
140
ICD-10 CODES: I30-I33, I38, I40, I42
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.