Tanzania - 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 72.22
2010 65.78
2015 59.41
2019 54.34

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 6.76
2010 8.43
2015 10.27
2019 11.28

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 21.02
2010 25.79
2015 30.31
2019 34.38

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 Tanzania was 16.80 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 21.00 in 2000, while its lowest value was 16.80 in 2019.

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 21.00
2001 20.10
2002 19.20
2003 18.90
2004 18.50
2005 18.20
2006 18.40
2007 18.90
2008 19.50
2009 19.20
2010 18.70
2011 18.80
2012 18.20
2013 18.00
2014 17.50
2015 17.30
2016 17.50
2017 17.20
2018 16.90
2019 16.80

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 Tanzania was 18.10 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 25.50 in 2000, while its lowest value was 17.90 in 2012.

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 25.50
2001 24.40
2002 23.20
2003 22.40
2004 21.20
2005 20.40
2006 20.50
2007 20.70
2008 21.00
2009 20.60
2010 19.90
2011 18.80
2012 17.90
2013 18.60
2014 18.20
2015 18.20
2016 18.40
2017 18.20
2018 18.10
2019 18.10

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 Tanzania was 17.40 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 23.10 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 23.10
2001 22.10
2002 21.00
2003 20.50
2004 19.70
2005 19.20
2006 19.30
2007 19.70
2008 20.10
2009 19.80
2010 19.20
2011 18.80
2012 18.00
2013 18.20
2014 17.80
2015 17.70
2016 17.90
2017 17.70
2018 17.40
2019 17.40

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 135.00

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 143.00

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 139.00

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

The value for Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) in Tanzania was 2.00 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3.80 in 2000 and a minimum value of 2.00 in 2018.

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 3.80
2001 3.50
2002 3.10
2003 3.00
2004 2.90
2005 2.70
2006 2.70
2007 2.70
2008 2.70
2009 2.60
2010 2.50
2011 2.40
2012 2.30
2013 2.40
2014 2.30
2015 2.20
2016 2.20
2017 2.10
2018 2.00
2019 2.00

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 Tanzania was 1.70 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3.10 in 2000 and a minimum value of 1.70 in 2018.

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 3.10
2001 2.90
2002 2.70
2003 2.60
2004 2.40
2005 2.30
2006 2.30
2007 2.30
2008 2.40
2009 2.30
2010 2.20
2011 2.20
2012 2.00
2013 2.10
2014 2.00
2015 1.90
2016 1.80
2017 1.80
2018 1.70
2019 1.70

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 Tanzania was 2.30 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4.40 in 2000 and a minimum value of 2.30 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 4.40
2001 4.00
2002 3.60
2003 3.50
2004 3.30
2005 3.10
2006 3.10
2007 3.00
2008 3.10
2009 3.00
2010 2.90
2011 2.70
2012 2.50
2013 2.70
2014 2.60
2015 2.50
2016 2.50
2017 2.40
2018 2.40
2019 2.30

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

The value for Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) in Tanzania was 2.00 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5.10 in 2000 and a minimum value of 1.90 in 2018.

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 5.10
2001 4.60
2002 4.00
2003 3.70
2004 3.40
2005 3.10
2006 3.00
2007 3.20
2008 3.60
2009 3.30
2010 2.90
2011 2.90
2012 2.40
2013 2.20
2014 2.00
2015 2.00
2016 2.10
2017 2.00
2018 1.90
2019 2.00

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

The value for Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) in Tanzania was 6.60 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 12.70 in 2000 and a minimum value of 6.20 in 2012.

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 12.70
2001 11.30
2002 9.90
2003 9.10
2004 8.30
2005 7.80
2006 7.70
2007 7.70
2008 8.10
2009 7.70
2010 7.20
2011 6.70
2012 6.20
2013 6.60
2014 6.30
2015 6.40
2016 6.40
2017 6.40
2018 6.40
2019 6.60

Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population)

The value for Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) in Tanzania was 4.30 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8.90 in 2000 and a minimum value of 4.20 in 2014.

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 8.90
2001 7.90
2002 7.00
2003 6.40
2004 5.80
2005 5.40
2006 5.30
2007 5.40
2008 5.80
2009 5.50
2010 5.00
2011 4.80
2012 4.30
2013 4.40
2014 4.20
2015 4.20
2016 4.20
2017 4.20
2018 4.20
2019 4.30

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

The value for Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 people) in Tanzania was 31.10 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 19 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 32.20 in 2000 and a minimum value of 28.40 in 2008.

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 32.20
2001 32.00
2002 31.30
2003 30.00
2004 30.10
2005 29.80
2006 28.80
2007 28.80
2008 28.40
2009 28.70
2010 28.80
2011 28.60
2012 30.30
2013 30.30
2014 30.60
2015 30.80
2016 30.60
2017 30.90
2018 31.00
2019 31.10

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 38.40

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Risk factors