Table 3. Shows Mortality Rates For All-Cause, CVD And IHD And Years Of Life Lost In Sudan And Selected African Countries From Different Regions Of The Continent.

Country	Age-standardised all-cause mortality rates per 100 000	Age-standardised mortality rate for NCD per 100 000	Age-standardised mortality rate for CVD per 100 000	Age-standardised mortality rate for IHD per 100 000	Age-standardised DALYs for IHD per 100 000
Sudan	1495	902	499	204	1185
Egypt	1132	958	560	273	1781
Eritrea	1584	762	398	124	679
Ghana	1510	786	404	128	726
South Africa	2011	808	406	124	758

Source: World Health Organisation. Death and DALY estimates by cause, 2002. Available at http://www.who.int/entity/healthinfo/statistics/bodgbddeathdalyestimates.xls (accessed 06 December 2009). NCD, non-communicable disease; CVD, cardiovascular disease; IHD, ischaemic heart disease; DALYs, disability-adjusted life years.