Deaths among children under five years of age due to malaria (%) - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators



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Malaria mortality is the percentage of deaths due to malaria among children under five years. Malaria was the underlying cause of death, that is, the disease which initiated the train of morbid events leading directly to death. This is the distribution of main causes of death among children aged < 5 years, expressed as percentage of total deaths. Source: World Health Organisation
Deaths among children under five years of age due to malaria (%) - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2000)

Rank

Country

Value

1Ghana33
2Gambia29.40
3Gabon28.30
4Senegal27.60
5Benin27.20
6Republic of the Congo25.70
7Togo25.30
8Guinea24.50
9Nigeria24.10
10Equatorial Guinea24
11Uganda23.10
12Cameroon22.80
13Tanzania22.70
14Chad22.30
15Guinea-Bissau21
16Ivory Coast20.50
17Burkina Faso20.30
18Madagascar20.10
19Comoros19.40
20Zambia19.40
21Mozambique18.90
22Liberia18.90
23Central African Republic18.50
24Mali16.90
25Democratic Republic of the Congo16.90
26Niger14.30
27Malawi14.10
28Eritrea13.60
29Kenya13.60
30Sierra Leone12.40
31Mauritania12.20
32Burundi8.40
33Angola8.30
34Ethiopia6.10
35Rwanda4.60
36Cape Verde4.30
37Sao Tome and Principe0.60
38Algeria0.50
39Swaziland0.20
40Zimbabwe0.20
41Mauritius0
42Seychelles0
43Namibia0
44Botswana0
45South Africa0
46Lesotho0
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