Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics

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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.

Rank	Country	Value
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (2009)
1	Zimbabwe	664.32
2	Swaziland	637.85
3	Lesotho	633.15
4	Zambia	517.62
5	South Africa	516.84
6	Botswana	505.04
7	Mozambique	468.86
8	Sierra Leone	463.89
9	Central African Republic	426.17
10	Afghanistan	408.66
11	Kenya	403.07
12	Uganda	398.73
13	Cameroon	397.62
14	Malawi	395.14
15	Nigeria	380.22
16	Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)	357.64
17	Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)	357.63
18	Tanzania	354.91
19	Mali	354.52
20	Rwanda	351.18
21	Angola	350.07
22	Republic of the Congo	350.01
23	Equatorial Guinea	348.65
24	Democratic Republic of the Congo	347.74
25	Guinea-Bissau	347.04
26	Burundi	346.36
27	Namibia	334.47
28	Chad	316.94
29	Somalia	315.01
30	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	314.42
31	Djibouti	305.77
32	Niger	294.69
33	Ethiopia	292.74
34	Ghana	285.78
35	Eritrea	280.66
36	Burkina Faso	276.96
37	Gabon	275.72
38	Low income	275.45
39	Ivory Coast	271.42
40	Least developed countries: UN classification	270.22
41	Senegal	265.56
42	Gambia	263.53
43	Sudan	257.24
44	Papua New Guinea	250.76
45	Mauritania	236
46	Timor-Leste	223.87
47	Haiti	222.98
48	Cambodia	218.31
49	Madagascar	216.16
50	Liberia	205.56
51	Yemen	197.65
52	Togo	197.09
53	Guinea	194.76
54	Burma	187.84
55	Mongolia	180
56	Laos	179.53
57	Bolivia	172.29
58	Solomon Islands	172.05
59	Bangladesh	172.04
60	Nepal	170.81
61	India	170.34
62	Benin	170.16
63	Thailand	169.93
64	South Asia	168.81
65	Comoros	167.74
66	Bhutan	162.67
67	Guyana	161.88
68	Low & middle income	153.48
69	Turkmenistan	151.18
70	Micronesia	151.11
71	Kazakhstan	150.94
72	Fiji	147.91
73	Suriname	140.09
74	Trinidad and Tobago	138.70
75	Tajikistan	136.69
76	Lower middle income	136.11
77	Bahamas	135.20
78	Uzbekistan	134.67
79	Dominican Republic	134.40
80	Middle income	133.58
81	Pakistan	130.92
82	Arab World	127.13
83	Guatemala	126.70
84	Moldova	124.83
85	Paraguay	122.93
86	Upper middle income	122.50
87	Kyrgyzstan	122.17
88	El Salvador	121.46
89	Vanuatu	119.04
90	Honduras	118.69
91	Brazil	118.24
92	St. Lucia	115.90
93	Jamaica	115.70
94	Mauritius	113.95
95	Sao Tome and Principe	113.88
96	Nicaragua	113.06
97	Indonesia	112.55
98	Jordan	108.85
99	Tonga	108.71
100	Maldives	108.63
101	Azerbaijan	108.23
102	Western Samoa	105.92
103	Egypt	105
104	Iraq	104.86
105	Middle East & North Africa (developing only)	103.93
106	Cape Verde	102.82
107	Latin America & Caribbean (developing only)	102.59
108	Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels)	102.29
109	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	102.21
110	Middle East & North Africa (all income levels)	101.86
111	Qatar	100.38
112	Peru	99.54
113	Philippines	99.38
114	East Asia & Pacific (developing only)	99.17
115	Algeria	98.45
116	Lebanon	98.22
117	East Asia & Pacific (all income levels)	97.24
118	Iran	96.22
119	Morocco	94.17
120	Colombia	91.93
121	Venezuela	91.24
122	Belize	90.43
123	French Polynesia	90.39
124	West Bank and Gaza	89.76
125	Libya	89.18
126	China	88.06
127	Vietnam	87.99
128	Saudi Arabia	87.57
129	Montenegro	86.60
130	Ecuador	86.26
131	Malaysia	84.43
132	Turkey	82.84
133	Romania	81.81
134	Serbia	81.59
135	Syria	81.40
136	Macedonia	78.57
137	Armenia	78.53
138	Georgia	77.18
139	Grenada	76.15
140	Sri Lanka	76.13
141	Netherlands Antilles	75.74
142	Mexico	75.51
143	Argentina	75.19
144	Aruba	72.68
145	Panama	71.80
146	Oman	71.21
147	Bahrain	71.11
148	Tunisia	70.40
149	High income: nonOECD	69.13
150	Cuba	67.54
151	New Caledonia	67.37
152	Uruguay	63.48
153	United Arab Emirates	63.28
154	Guam	62.87
155	Brunei Darussalam	61.84
156	Bosnia and Herzegovina	60.80
157	Mayotte	59.60
158	Costa Rica	58.58
159	Barbados	58.54
160	Croatia	57.35
161	Puerto Rico	51.92
162	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	51.76
163	Kuwait	51.38
164	Albania	51.33
165	Malta	48.05
166	Macau	42.54
167	North Korea	41.43
168	South Korea	41.43
169	Channel Islands	41.39
170	Singapore	40.97
171	Cyprus	39.58
172	Greece	37.30
173	Hong Kong	32.72

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Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics

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