Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators



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Adult mortality rate is the probability of dying between the ages of 15 and 60--that is, the probability of a 15-year-old dying before reaching age 60, if subject to current age-specific mortality rates between those ages. Source: World Bank staff estimates from various sources including census reports, the United Nations Statistics Division's Population and Vital Statistics Report, the United Nations Population Division’s World Population Prospects (WPP), country statistical offices, and Demographic and Health Surveys from national sources and Macro International, and the Human Mortality Database (HMD) by the University of California, Berkeley, and the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (www.mortality.org.)
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2007)

Rank

Country

Value

1Lesotho720.35
2Zimbabwe689.53
3Swaziland639.12
4Mozambique613.17
5South Africa598.28
6Botswana567.04
7Zambia536.87
8Central African Republic532.82
9Malawi519.06
10Namibia511.72
11Sierra Leone473.31
12Cameroon419.97
13Uganda417.33
14Nigeria415.81
15Democratic Republic of the Congo399.71
16Kenya395.60
17Sub-Saharan Africa379.76
18Tanzania365.77
19Rwanda359.99
20Republic of the Congo356.58
21Burundi356.23
22Equatorial Guinea355.31
23Angola354.66
24Guinea-Bissau351.65
25Somalia334.70
26Djibouti328.49
27Eritrea319.16
28Chad308.14
29Ethiopia299.42
30Ghana290.44
31Ivory Coast280.92
32Gabon279.56
33Senegal273.63
34Gambia271.44
35Sudan262.79
36Madagascar222.27
37Liberia210.46
38Togo200.07
39Guinea199.22
40Burkina Faso182.80
41Niger179.85
42Mali177.75
43Benin175.87
44Comoros174.17
45Sao Tome and Principe116.87
46Egypt108.20
47Cape Verde107.05
48Mauritius106.49
49Mauritania106.30
50Algeria102.01
51Morocco97.75
52Libya91.69
53Tunisia72.16
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