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Table 2 Key Indicators from 40 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa

From: Diet and mortality rates in Sub-Saharan Africa: Stages in the nutrition transition

Country

Infant Mortality Rate

Stunting (%)

Underweight-for-Age (%)

Low birth weight (%)

Exclusively Breastfed (%)

NCD Mortality Rate

Under weight (%)

Normal Weight (%)

Overweight/Obese (%)

Angola*

130

50.8

27.5

12

11.1

1071

n/a

n/a

n/a

Benin

76

44.7

20.2

15

43.1

835

9.2

71.8

19

Burkina Faso

92

44.5

37.4

16

6.8

924

20.8

69.9

9.3

Burundi*

102

63.1

38.9

11

44.7

919

n/a

n/a

n/a

Cameroon

82

36.4

16.6

11

21.2

840

6.7

64.6

49.3

Cape Verde*

24

21.4

11.8

6

59.6

591

n/a

n/a

n/a

Central African Republic* (CAR)

115

44.6

21.8

13

23.1

868

n/a

n/a

n/a

Chad

124

44.8

33.9

22

2.1

910

20.3

72

9.6

Comoros

75

46.9

25.0

25

21.3

713

9.8

67.5

18.4

Congo Brazzaville*

80

31.2

11.8

13

19.1

716

n/a

n/a

n/a

Cote d'Ivoire*

81

40.1

16.7

17

4.3

946

n/a

n/a

n/a

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

126

45.8

28.2

12

36.1

921

18.4

71.3

11.3

Eritrea*

41

43.7

34.5

14

52

686

37.3

53.8

8.9

Ethiopia

69

50.7

34.6

20

49

817

25.6

69.1

4.4

Gabon

57

26.3

8.8

14

5.2

716

6.6

64

29.5

Gambia*

80

27.6

15.8

20

40.8

830

n/a

n/a

n/a

Ghana

51

28.6

14.3

9

62.8

699

8.6

61.4

30

Guinea

90

40.0

20.8

12

48.1

844

13.2

72.5

14.3

Guinea-Bissau*

117

28.1

17.2

24

27.9

925

n/a

n/a

n/a

Kenya

81

35.8

16.5

10

n/a

729

12.3

62.6

25.1

Lesotho

63

45.2

16.6

13

36.4

581

5.7

52

42.3

Liberia

100

39.4

20.4

14

29.1

931

10

69.4

20.5

Madagascar

68

52.8

36.8

17

n/a

799

26.7

67

6.3

Malawi

65

53.2

15.5

13

56.7

796

9.2

77.1

13.6

Mali

102

38.5

27.9

19

37.8

967

13.5

68.9

17.6

Mozambique*

90

47

21.2

15

30

777

n/a

n/a

n/a

Namibia*

31

29.6

17.5

16

23.9

513

15.9

56

28.1

Niger

79

54.8

39.9

27

n/a

1030

19.2

67.9

22.7

Nigeria

96

41.0

26.7

14

13.1

909

12.2

65.7

22.1

Rwanda

72

51.7

18.0

6

88.4

878

9.8

78.7

11.5

Sao Tome and Principe*

64

35.2

10.1

8

n/a

788

7.7

58.7

33.7

Senegal*

57

20.1

14.5

19

34.1

852

n/a

n/a

n/a

Sierra Leone

123

37.4

21.3

24

11.2

1033

11.2

59.1

29.7

South Africa (RSA)

48

24.516

17.016

15

7.2

867

6.2

38.9

54.9

Swaziland

59

29.5

6.1

9

32.3

707

3.2

46.2

50.6

Tanzania

67

44.4

16.7

14

60.1

851

10.4

71.8

17.7

Togo

64

26.9

20.5

10

41.3

818

10.9

77.8

11.4

Uganda

84

38.7

16.4

12

48

786

12.1

71.3

16.5

Zambia

92

45.8

14.9

11

60.7

833

9.6

71.2

19.2

Zimbabwe*

62

35.8

14.0

11

22.2

816

9.2

65.8

25

Mean

79.5

39.7

21.1

14.8

33.6

826.8

13.1

65.5

22.4

Standard Deviation

25.5

10.0

8.7

5.1

20.2

121.8

7.3

9.1

13.2

Minimum-Maximum

24-130

20.1-63.1

6.1-39.9

6-27

2.1-88.4

513-1071

3.2-37.3

38.9-78.7

4.4-54.9

  1. * Indicates countries with missing data
  2. n/a indicates a missing data value