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CARDIOVASCULAR JOURNAL OF AFRICA • Volume 30, No 5, September/October 2019
AFRICA
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Cardiovascular Disease
Scorecards – Africa
SUDAN – DECEMBER 2018
Status of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) and
Non-communicable diseases (NCD)
P
A
N
-
A
F
R
I
C
A
N
S
O
C
I
E
T
Y
O
F
C
A
R
D
I
O
L
O
G
Y
-
P
A
S
C
A
R
-
-
S
O
P
A
C
-
S
O
C
I
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T
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P
A
N
-
A
F
R
I
C
A
I
N
E
D
E
C
A
R
D
I
O
L
O
G
I
E
Prevalence
of
rheumatic heart disease
(RHD)
MALE
MALE
FEMALE
0.64%
13.6%
Prevalence
of
tobacco
use
age ≥15
27.9
30.6%
FEMALE
0.8
29.6%
of population with raised
total
cholesterol
(≥5.0 mmol/L)
of population with raised
blood pressure
(SBP ≥140 or DBP ≥90)
15.7%
Prevalence of diabetes
(ages 20-79)
3.3%
(Africa)
%
of
deaths
caused by CVD
33.03%
Global data:
31.8%
Global data:
0.53%
of total mortality
caused by
RHD
0.38%
Global data:
0.51%
1%
of premature CVD
mortality attributable
to
tobacco
Global data:
10%
of deaths
caused by
hypertensive
heart disease
2.15%
Global data:
1.65%
Global data:
38.9%
Global data:
24.1%
(male)
20.1%
(female)
Global data:
36.1%
(male)
6.8%
(female)
Country Demographics
World Bank
Classification
of population living in rural areas
66%
Lower-middle
SUDAN
income
60%
(Sub-Sahara Africa)
10.3%
Prevalence of obese
adults
(BMI of ≥30 kg/m2)
Global data:
13.1%