Ethiopia - Cause of death

Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions include infectious and parasitic diseases, respiratory infections, and nutritional deficiencies such as underweight and stunting.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 66.67
2010 57.55
2015 50.95
2019 44.65

Cause of death, by injury (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Injuries include unintentional and intentional injuries.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 10.85
2010 9.70
2015 10.77
2019 12.09

Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total)

Definition: Cause of death refers to the share of all deaths for all ages by underlying causes. Non-communicable diseases include cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, digestive diseases, skin diseases, musculoskeletal diseases, and congenital anomalies.

Source: Derived based on the data from WHO's Global Health Estimates.

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Year Value
2000 22.48
2010 32.75
2015 38.28
2019 43.26

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%) in Ethiopia was 16.90 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 27.10 in 2000, while its lowest value was 16.90 in 2018.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 27.10
2001 25.90
2002 25.20
2003 24.40
2004 23.70
2005 23.00
2006 22.20
2007 21.50
2008 20.80
2009 19.90
2010 19.10
2011 18.60
2012 17.90
2013 17.50
2014 17.30
2015 17.30
2016 17.10
2017 17.00
2018 16.90
2019 16.90

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%) in Ethiopia was 17.40 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 27.40 in 2000, while its lowest value was 17.40 in 2018.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 27.40
2001 26.10
2002 25.20
2003 24.50
2004 23.80
2005 23.20
2006 22.60
2007 22.10
2008 21.60
2009 20.90
2010 20.10
2011 19.50
2012 18.80
2013 18.30
2014 18.10
2015 18.10
2016 17.80
2017 17.50
2018 17.40
2019 17.40

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%)

Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%) in Ethiopia was 17.10 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 27.30 in 2000, while its lowest value was 17.10 in 2018.

Definition: Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD is the percent of 30-year-old-people who would die before their 70th birthday from any of cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, or chronic respiratory disease, assuming that s/he would experience current mortality rates at every age and s/he would not die from any other cause of death (e.g., injuries or HIV/AIDS).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 27.30
2001 26.00
2002 25.20
2003 24.40
2004 23.70
2005 23.10
2006 22.40
2007 21.80
2008 21.20
2009 20.40
2010 19.60
2011 19.00
2012 18.30
2013 17.90
2014 17.60
2015 17.70
2016 17.40
2017 17.20
2018 17.10
2019 17.10

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 132.00

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 158.00

Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution is the number of deaths attributable to the joint effects of household and ambient air pollution in a year per 100,000 population. The rates are age-standardized. Following diseases are taken into account: acute respiratory infections (estimated for all ages); cerebrovascular diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); ischaemic heart diseases in adults (estimated above 25 years); chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adults (estimated above 25 years); and lung cancer in adults (estimated above 25 years).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 144.40

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) in Ethiopia was 3.30 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7.70 in 2001 and a minimum value of 3.30 in 2019.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 6.20
2001 7.70
2002 7.10
2003 6.80
2004 6.40
2005 6.20
2006 5.90
2007 5.90
2008 5.40
2009 4.90
2010 4.80
2011 4.60
2012 4.30
2013 4.00
2014 3.70
2015 3.50
2016 3.60
2017 3.50
2018 3.40
2019 3.30

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population) in Ethiopia was 1.90 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4.60 in 2001 and a minimum value of 1.90 in 2019.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of female deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 female population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 3.30
2001 4.60
2002 4.20
2003 4.00
2004 3.80
2005 3.70
2006 3.50
2007 3.60
2008 3.20
2009 2.80
2010 2.80
2011 2.70
2012 2.70
2013 2.40
2014 2.10
2015 2.00
2016 2.10
2017 2.10
2018 2.00
2019 1.90

Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population)

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population) in Ethiopia was 4.60 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10.90 in 2001 and a minimum value of 4.60 in 2019.

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisonings is the number of male deaths from unintentional poisonings in a year per 100,000 male population. Unintentional poisoning can be caused by household chemicals, pesticides, kerosene, carbon monoxide and medicines, or can be the result of environmental contamination or occupational chemical exposure.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 9.10
2001 10.90
2002 10.00
2003 9.60
2004 9.00
2005 8.70
2006 8.30
2007 8.20
2008 7.60
2009 6.90
2010 6.80
2011 6.50
2012 6.00
2013 5.70
2014 5.20
2015 5.00
2016 5.10
2017 5.00
2018 4.80
2019 4.60

Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) in Ethiopia was 3.10 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6.10 in 2000 and a minimum value of 3.10 in 2016.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 6.10
2001 6.00
2002 5.80
2003 5.70
2004 5.50
2005 5.40
2006 5.20
2007 5.10
2008 5.00
2009 4.80
2010 4.40
2011 4.10
2012 3.60
2013 3.20
2014 3.20
2015 3.20
2016 3.10
2017 3.10
2018 3.10
2019 3.10

Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) in Ethiopia was 7.70 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 13.30 in 2000 and a minimum value of 7.70 in 2017.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 13.30
2001 12.50
2002 12.00
2003 11.50
2004 11.10
2005 10.70
2006 10.50
2007 10.40
2008 10.30
2009 10.00
2010 9.70
2011 9.30
2012 8.60
2013 8.10
2014 7.80
2015 7.90
2016 7.80
2017 7.70
2018 7.70
2019 7.70

Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) in Ethiopia was 5.40 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 9.70 in 2000 and a minimum value of 5.40 in 2017.

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2000 9.70
2001 9.30
2002 8.90
2003 8.60
2004 8.30
2005 8.10
2006 7.80
2007 7.70
2008 7.60
2009 7.40
2010 7.10
2011 6.70
2012 6.10
2013 5.70
2014 5.50
2015 5.50
2016 5.50
2017 5.40
2018 5.40
2019 5.40

Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people)

The value for Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people) in Ethiopia was 28.20 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 28.20 in 2019 and a minimum value of 23.30 in 2010.

Definition: Mortality caused by road traffic injury is estimated road traffic fatal injury deaths per 100,000 population.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Status Report on Road Safety 2018 through Global Health Observatory data repository.

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Year Value
2000 24.60
2001 24.50
2002 24.70
2003 25.10
2004 24.80
2005 24.50
2006 23.90
2007 23.50
2008 23.40
2009 23.50
2010 23.30
2011 26.00
2012 26.20
2013 25.80
2014 25.80
2015 26.00
2016 26.40
2017 27.00
2018 27.60
2019 28.20

Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population)

Definition: Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene is deaths attributable to unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene focusing on inadequate WASH services per 100,000 population. Death rates are calculated by dividing the number of deaths by the total population. In this estimate, only the impact of diarrhoeal diseases, intestinal nematode infections, and protein-energy malnutrition are taken into account.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

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Year Value
2016 43.70

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors