Table 2.
Mapping human rabies mortality rate
| Country (region, district and town) | Morbidity rate | Study duration |
| Algeria (national level excluding Sahara region) | An annual average of 20.6 human rabies deaths85 | 13 years, 2006–201885 |
| Chad (N’Djamena) | An estimated 7 rabies deaths (95% CI 4 to 10 deaths) per year103 | 8 months, September 2008–April 2009103 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa) | Case fatality rate of 100%40 | 8 months, December 2008–July 200940 |
| Ethiopia (national level, Ababa and outside of Addis Ababa, North Gondar administrative zone) | 320 people died of rabies in 5 years21 386 human rabies fatalities were reported with annual range of 35–58 deaths45 32 cases in human rabies recorded101 |
5 years, 1997–2001, 8 years, 2001–2009; 11 months, April 2009–March 2010; 1 year, January 2016–31 December 2016; 2 years, 2015–2017; 3 years, 2012–2015; 11 months, April 2009–March 201021 33 45 91 100 101 |
| Madagascar (Moramanga district) | An annual incidence of 42–110 rabies exposures and 1–3 deaths per 100 000 persons31 | 1 year, 2016–201731 |
| Mozambique (Maputo city) | A total of 14 cases of fatal rabies with 12 deaths34 | 3 months, April–July 201434 |
| South Africa (Uthungulu District of Kwazulu-Natal province) |
An average annualised rabies attack rate of 136 rabies cases per 100 000 dog bite injuries (7 of 5139) with 6 of 742 | 3 years, 2008–201042 |
| Tanzania (Ulanga, Kilombero and Serengeti districts; 20 districts in 4 regions in Southern, Central and Northern Tanzania; Serengeti and Ngorongoro) | Human rabies mortality rates of 2.4; 0.8 and 1.4/100 000 per year, respectively89 16 human deaths (1291 bite victims) due to rabies were reported99 28 deaths from suspected rabies cases during the 5-year period in the two districts, an average of 1.5/100 000 per year and 2.3/100 00044 14 among 1005 bite victims died showing clinical signs of rabies within 5 years99 |
5 years, 2002–2006; 3 years, 2006–2008; 2002–2017; 2011–2017; 2011–201644 89 99 |
| Uganda (national level; 10 districts) | 592 (95% CI 345 to 920) deaths102 An estimated total of 371 deaths of rabies with a cumulative total of 117 085 rabies cases in 9 years87 A total of 486 suspected human rabies deaths among 208 720 patients in 14 years88 |
8 years, 2001–2009; 14 years, 2001–2015; 3 months87 88 102 |