Table 1.
Indicators | Cameroon | Kenya | Sudan | Zambia |
---|---|---|---|---|
Population | 20,386,799 [8] | 41,609,700 | 30,894,000 [9] | 13,046,508 [10] |
GDP per capita in PPP terms [11] | 1,151 | 865 | 1,580 | 1,469 |
Expenditure on health (% of GDP) [7] | 5.2 | 4.5 | 8.4 | 6.1 |
Under-five mortality rate (per 1000 live births) [7] | 74 | 108 | 89 | 50 |
HIV prevalence (%) [7] | 4.6 | 6.2 | 0.4 | 12.5 |
Main causes of death | Malaria, HIV/AIDS | HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis | Heart diseases, septicemia, respiratory infections, malaria, diarrheal diseases, gastroenteritis [12] | HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria [13] |
Sources: ref. [14].
GDP, Gross domestic product; PPP, Purchasing power parity; HIV, Human immunodeficiency virus; AIDS, Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
aData are for 2011 or the most recent year available. Countries are given in alphabetical order. Numbers in square brackets give the reference number of the source of the data.