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Cardiovascular Disease

Scorecards – Africa

KENYA – APRIL 2021

Status of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) and

Non-communicable diseases (NCD)

Prevalence

of

rheumatic heart disease

(RHD)

MALE

MALE

FEMALE

1.17%

10.1%

Prevalence

of

tobacco

use

age ≥15

18.8

25.1%

FEMALE

2.3

22.6%

of population with raised

total

cholesterol

(≥5.0 mmol/L)

of population with raised

blood pressure

(SBP ≥140 or DBP ≥90)

3.1%

Prevalence of diabetes

(ages 20-79)

3.9%

(Africa)

%

of

deaths

caused by CVD

13.82%

Global data:

31.8%

Global data:

0.53%

of total mortality

caused by

RHD

0.14%

Global data:

0.51%

2%

of premature CVD

mortality attributable

to

tobacco

Global data:

10%

of deaths

caused by

hypertensive

heart disease

1.73%

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

Low-Middle

income

60%

(Sub-Sahara Africa)

8.9%

Prevalence of obese

adults

(BMI of ≥30 kg/m

2

)

Global data:

13.1%

KENYA

72.5%