Table 1.
Trends in the estimated burden of selected diseases in Sudan from 2007 to 2017 (data from https://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-compare/)
| Selected causes | Estimated deaths (change from 2007) | Estimated deaths/100, 000 (change from 2007) | Estimated disability-adjusted life year (DALYs) (change from 2007) | Estimated DALYs/100 000 (change from 2007) |
| Neonatal | 25 200 (−24%) |
63 (−40%) |
2 300 000 (−22%) |
5800 (−38%) |
| Maternal | 2400 (−22%) |
6 (−40%) |
140 000 (−22%) |
344 (−38%) |
| Lower respiratory tract infections | 9400 (−34%) |
23 (−48%) |
620 000 (−41%) |
1500 (−54%) |
| Diarrhoea | 8200 (−46%) |
20 (−57%) |
780 000 (−42%) |
1900 (−55%) |
| Malaria | 2600 (−13%) |
6 (−32%) |
180 000 (−16%) |
450 (−33%) |
| Ischaemic heart disease | 41 700 (+11%) |
104 (−12%) |
960 000 (+12%) |
2400 (−12%) |
| Stroke | 18 200 (+0.8%) |
45 (−20%) |
480 000 (−1%) |
1200 (−21%) |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 3400 (+12%) |
8 (−15%) |
150 000 (+20%) |
360 (−5%) |
| Diabetes | 3200 (+20%) |
8 (−5%) |
200 000 (+30%) |
500 (+2.4%) |
| Chronic kidney disease | 3200 (+8%) |
8 (−12%) |
140 000 (+3%) |
340 (−20%) |