Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) - Mortality - Health - World 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.

Rank	Country	Value
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) - Mortality - Health - World Development Indicators (2008)
1	Zimbabwe	681.12
2	Swaziland	638.70
3	Lesotho	629.93
4	Zambia	530.45
5	South Africa	511.06
6	Botswana	496.67
7	Sierra Leone	470.17
8	Mozambique	462.22
9	Central African Republic	428.16
10	Afghanistan	412.31
11	Kenya	412.30
12	Uganda	411.13
13	Malawi	402.65
14	Cameroon	401.92
15	Nigeria	382.32
16	Tanzania	362.15
17	Sub-Saharan Africa	361.67
18	Mali	358.48
19	Rwanda	357.05
20	Republic of the Congo	354.39
21	Angola	353.13
22	Equatorial Guinea	353.09
23	Burundi	352.94
24	Democratic Republic of the Congo	350.25
25	Guinea-Bissau	350.11
26	Namibia	327.19
27	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	318.81
28	Chad	318.59
29	Somalia	318.48
30	Djibouti	308.47
31	Niger	301.82
32	Ethiopia	297.19
33	Ghana	288.89
34	Eritrea	285.96
35	Burkina Faso	280.39
36	Gabon	278.28
37	Ivory Coast	277.75
38	Least developed countries: UN classification	274.51
39	Senegal	270.94
40	Gambia	268.80
41	Sudan	260.94
42	Papua New Guinea	254.57
43	Low income	254.19
44	Mauritania	240.78
45	Timor-Leste	228.96
46	Haiti	224.89
47	Cambodia	223.30
48	Madagascar	220.23
49	Liberia	208.83
50	Yemen	202.44
51	Togo	199.08
52	Guinea	197.73
53	Burma	194.54
54	Mongolia	184.04
55	Laos	184.04
56	Solomon Islands	176.27
57	Bangladesh	176.13
58	Bolivia	174.86
59	Nepal	174.52
60	India	174.29
61	Benin	173.97
62	South Asia	172.55
63	Thailand	172.25
64	Comoros	172.03
65	Guyana	166.57
66	Bhutan	166.34
67	Low & middle income	155.76
68	Turkmenistan	153.67
69	Micronesia	153.33
70	Kazakhstan	153.22
71	Fiji	150.36
72	Suriname	142.39
73	Trinidad and Tobago	140.82
74	Bahamas	140.52
75	Tajikistan	138.53
76	Lower middle income	137.91
77	Uzbekistan	136.91
78	Middle income	136.02
79	Dominican Republic	135.74
80	Pakistan	133.48
81	Guatemala	127.77
82	Upper middle income	126.86
83	Moldova	126.84
84	Kyrgyzstan	124.60
85	Paraguay	124.54
86	El Salvador	123.46
87	Vanuatu	122.41
88	Brazil	120.35
89	Honduras	120.35
90	St. Lucia	118.38
91	Jamaica	117.30
92	Indonesia	116.26
93	Nicaragua	116.22
94	Sao Tome and Principe	115.86
95	Mauritius	113.37
96	Maldives	113.15
97	Jordan	111.54
98	Tonga	110.05
99	Azerbaijan	110.03
100	Samoa	108.03
101	Egypt	107.14
102	Iraq	106.65
103	Middle East & North Africa	106.22
104	Cape Verde	105.64
105	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	104.25
106	Latin America & Caribbean	104.22
107	Qatar	102.27
108	Philippines	101.98
109	East Asia & Pacific	101.12
110	Peru	100.94
111	Algeria	100.82
112	Lebanon	100.13
113	Iran	98.94
114	Morocco	96.56
115	Belize	93.77
116	Colombia	93.37
117	Venezuela	92.64
118	French Polynesia	92.02
119	West Bank and Gaza	91.56
120	Libya	90.86
121	Vietnam	89.86
122	China	89.49
123	Saudi Arabia	89.28
124	Montenegro	88.38
125	Ecuador	87.15
126	Malaysia	86.03
127	Turkey	84.36
128	Romania	83.34
129	Syria	82.92
130	Serbia	82.71
131	Armenia	79.76
132	Macedonia	79.59
133	Georgia	78.29
134	Grenada	77.50
135	Sri Lanka	77.33
136	Mexico	76.85
137	Netherlands Antilles	76.58
138	Argentina	76.52
139	Aruba	73.56
140	Panama	72.71
141	Oman	72.52
142	Bahrain	72.17
143	Tunisia	71.58
144	New Caledonia	68.56
145	Cuba	68.29
146	Czech Republic	65.14
147	Uruguay	64.42
148	United Arab Emirates	64.21
149	Guam	63.81
150	Brunei Darussalam	62.90
151	Bosnia and Herzegovina	61.58
152	Mayotte	60.24
153	Costa Rica	59.44
154	Barbados	59.41
155	Croatia	58.30
156	Puerto Rico	52.62
157	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	52.56
158	Kuwait	51.98
159	Albania	51.96
160	Malta	48.74
161	Macau	43.12
162	North Korea	41.98
163	South Korea	41.98
164	Channel Islands	41.92
165	Singapore	41.49
166	Cyprus	40
167	Greece	38.23
168	Hong Kong	33.14

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Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) - Mortality - Health - World Development Indicators

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