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. 2022 Apr 2;399(10332):1322–1335. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02868-3

Table 2.

Age-standardised death, YLL, YLD, and DALY rates per 100 000 population for all causes and conditions combined and the leading ten causes in Ethiopia's regions and cities for all sexes, 2019

Ethiopia Addis Ababa Afar Amhara Benishangul-Gumuz Dire Dawa Gambella Harari Oromia Somali SNNP Tigray
Death
All causes 993·52 (914·97–1070·55) 943·24 (836·87–1055·38) 1353·38 (1195·69–1526·19) 955·41 (855·37–1065·85) 1215·37 (1046·64-1394·05) 930·76 (824·93–1054·72) 1097·57 (985·20–1238·38) 981·41 (865·09–1101·04) 931·40 (842·89–1028·21) 1175·51 (1007·84–1366·86) 1091·62 (982·79–1211·40) 982·61 (869·47–1098·19)
Stroke 90·18 (70·62–110·04) 116·16 (96·78–137·59) 129·95 (101·08–160·22) 89·38 (63·85–113·96) 114·07 (87·35–144·52) 90·11 (66·51–113·88) 113·51 (82·92–142·58) 102·69 (78·39–126·79) 77·46 (57·53–98·33) 106·30 (76·92–137·63) 90·64 (70·53–112·85) 117·89 (91·08–147·91)
Lower respiratory infections 86·44 (75·36–97·65) 59·41 (49·81–71·44) 103·71 (86·62–122·62) 74·37 (59·40–91·02) 101·84 (84·02–121·72) 69·94 (56·55–84·00) 82·41 (68·39–97·19) 77·06 (63·09–92·52) 89·33 (75·91–103·18) 97·58 (79·26–118·67) 99·00 (83·81–116·65) 95·97 (67·34–123·71)
Ischaemic heart disease 84·24 (62·56–105·75) 116·47 (93·99–139·84) 118·22 (88·68–154·84) 82·64 (57·25–108·94) 103·98 (76·61–136·98) 84·28 (57·62–109·99) 106·02 (75·34–139·83) 91·96 (67·71–116·29) 74·99 (52·08–97·73) 93·89 (67·00–126·02) 86·85 (65·02–111·24) 84·63 (69·26–100·15)
Diarrhoeal diseases 76·45 (45·12–112·15) 24·42 (9·55–44·34) 101·11 (55·82–151·57) 83·64 (42·90–130·29) 106·56 (58·68–168·74) 49·08 (26·15–79·26) 66·20 (31·72–106·05) 52·24 (26·81–86·27) 71·44 (43·92–110·98) 99·69 (55·99–155·16) 83·72 (51·20–124·32) 61·69 (32·58–98·04)
Tuberculosis 60·90 (50·44–71·50) 45·20 (37·71–55·20) 140·35 (113·05–171·19) 59·77 (42·36–79·78) 100·81 (81·21–123·74) 47·07 (36·58–58·63) 76·77 (61·29–94·68) 61·04 (46·06–75·71) 52·46 (42·94–64·03) 105·80 (78·40–148·83) 67·41 (55·73–81·7) 50·18 (39·61–62·96)
Cirrhosis and other chronic liver diseases 52·18 (44·17–62·07) 47·21 (38·14–58·42) 63·37 (48·41–82·03) 50·30 (37·16–73·63) 55·80 (42·99–73·42) 47·32 (35·80–63·72) 55·58 (44·53–68·52) 50·43 (39·35–64·70) 49·92 (40·85–60·24) 55·48 (41·23–75·10) 62·08 (50·89–74·44) 33·76 (19·21–50·31)
Neonatal disorders 44·31 (34·92–56·99) 12·89 (8·85–18·16) 37·53 (28·99–49·26) 48·01 (37·44–62·34) 53·97 (41·45–71·03) 40·50 (30·27–53·58) 31·55 (23·57–41·73) 40·20 (30·05–53·01) 44·61 (35·47–56·81) 48·92 (38·58–62·57) 44·61 (34·60–58·11) 36·64 (19·77–61·88)
Diabetes 36·00 (31·01–41·43) 39·85 (33·00–47·63) 44·72 (37·44–53·71) 31·52 (25·13–39·14) 39·14 (32·12–47·98) 34·10 (26·70–42·03) 38·48 (31·52–46·44) 37·03 (29·18–45·21) 35·35 (29·16–41·80) 35·99 (28·49–44·91) 42·62 (35·42–50·85) 45·32 (36·11–56·03)
HIV and AIDS 33·56 (28·68–39·58) 95·61 (71·23–125·38) 60·67 (40·56–86·47) 40·12 (29·07–53·18) 26·19 (14·90–43·64) 67·09 (40·51–103·01) 91·96 (56·85–139·75) 38·84 (24·50–65·11) 23·86 (16·38–33·96) 42·96 (31·40–59·89) 20·22 (13·61–29·17) 30·77 (23·75–40·55)
Hypertensive heart disease 31·97 (17·85–53·09) 34·42 (16·91–54·07) 37·37 (20·89–59·95) 31·51 (16·76–54·86) 36·42 (19·54–59·42) 31·79 (16·06–56·11) 34·41 (18·72–62·25) 36·17 (18·43–61·89) 29·85 (16·12–51·79) 31·74 (16·68–56·83) 34·04 (20·02–53·15) 28·76 (6·81–76·63)
YLLs
All causes 30 188·15 (27 335·78–33 522·76) 24 587·96 (21 376·63–28 479·55) 40 646·83 (35 269·66–46 519·61) 29 627·03 (26 153·31–33 252·03) 40 246·93 (34 763·93–46 458·09) 27 923·42 (24 318·73–31 972·61) 31 423·03 (27 436·21–36 073·92) 29 023·21 (25 052·82–33 498·29) 27 993·55 (24 822·94–31 877·11) 37 678·08 (32 787·59–43 171·12) 32 890·51 (29 184·45–37 155·55) 26 435·52 (22 998·71–30 181·61)
Neonatal disorders 3936 (3102·02–5062·36) 1144·89 (786·19–1613·71) 3334·17 (2575·70–4376·74) 4263·88 (3325·45–5535·56) 4794·17 (3682·23–6308·66) 3598·47 (2689·60–4760·63) 2802·72 (2094·70–3707·80) 3571·17 (2669·98–4709·61) 3962·85 (3151·45–5047·45) 4346·19 (3427·41–5558·73) 3963·41 (3074·49–5162·24) 2734·15 (2110·52–3602·85)
Diarrhoeal diseases 2679·41 (1823·93–3760·22) 706·94 (346·09–1160·00) 3028·74 (1858·68–4359·95) 2872·53 (1619·57–4669·36) 3468·05 (2075·83–5236·29) 1527·28 (863·89–2479·98) 1765·71 (941·39–2671·89) 1696·78 (949·97–2706·74) 2636·66 (1799·45–3752·16) 3189·06 (2085·43–4620·42) 2883·22 (1933·89–4093·83) 1885·83 (1160·09–2787·08)
Lower respiratory infections 2404·57 (2059·41–2833·31) 1285·69 (1065·07–1561·83) 2824·70 (2323·08–3414·07) 2016·49 (1551·49–2541·83) 3571·17 (2772·41–4510·79) 1832·81 (1407·35–2363·18) 1937·46 (1567·70–2344·65) 2060·45 (1595·62–2623·15) 2433·84 (2042·25–2879·55) 3236·48 (2537·45–4006·03) 2698·20 (2243·52–3250·28) 1977·15 (1593·94–2395·05)
Tuberculosis 1729·19 (1421·57–2049·86) 1257·74 (987·65–1637·78) 4224·43 (3303·11–5286·23) 1694·00 (1206·70–2252·30) 3122·54 (2515·90–3818·30) 1265·73 (961·97–1615·11) 2108·48 (1620·78–2668·38) 1708·90 (1268·87–2211·91) 1424·64 (1145·31–1764·27) 3114·68 (2316·65–4344·20) 1932·74 (1568·38–2350·92) 1353·68 (1052·73–1707·25)
Stroke 1639·45 (1277·27–1998·83) 2076·73 (1734·67–2511·62) 2643·28 (2063·50–3255·20) 1585·87 (1113·95–2048·27) 2265·59 (1735·78–2873·04) 1572·81 (1132·77–2021·77) 2089·66 (1505·93–2660·73) 1844·51 (1379·32–2326·34) 1382·54 (1033·51–1753·97) 2029·76 (1472·25–2610·22) 1694·69 (1329·04–2112·14) 2065·02 (1571·61–2618·60)
HIV and AIDS 1581·17 (1311·51–1935·43) 4381·86 (3213·40–5800·05) 2828·57 (1852·03–4134·58) 1922·00 (1387·50–2530·78) 1323·30 (734·37–2257·41) 3369·60 (2037·19–5146·92) 4584·14 (2776·25–7087·13) 2102·84 (1264·16–3429·05) 1154·69 (791·12–1689·22) 2024·87 (1418·98–2847·11) 954·79 (610·25–1395·80) 1592·44 (895·80–2417·13)
Ischaemic heart disease 1524·69 (1133·11–1925·66) 2119·12 (1686·63–2595·35) 2391·79 (1823·27–3112·12) 1469·00 (1013·35–1978·65) 2036·72 (1495·64–2644·13) 1460·62 (979·94–1944·49) 1968·05 (1389·57–2644·08) 1636·32 (1184·83–2099·02) 1317·64 (915·29–1719·34) 1786·75 (1267·81–2396·47) 1615·90 (1213·31–2075·90) 1691·52 (1175·78–2229·61)
Cirrhosis and other chronic liver diseases 1331·56 (1095·91–1625·94) 1227·62 (953·12–1582·71) 1693·13 (1249·58–2210·45) 1269·74 (912·09–1954·72) 1492·25 (1132·75–1986·18) 1171·79 (852·79–1648·64) 1400·83 (1101·59–1750·50) 1282·17 (959·15–1731·43) 1250·89 (1002·00–1549·27) 1451·64 (1072·82–2016·43) 1612·03 (1281·65–1974·90) 1119·70 (857·99–1431·60)
Congenital birth defects 735·83 (447·45–1200·08) 294·29 (148·31–529·45) 583·05 (363·12–963·96) 866·04 (441·58–1475·29) 1023·60 (524·59–1778·98) 614·30 (370·17–995·81) 444·15 (286·90–696·67) 607·49 (374·86–972·76) 689·72 (427·97–1142·24) 862·47 (474·74–1444·55) 745·48 (429·23–1259·86) 552·78 (362·72–840·05)
Diabetes 706·24 (606·76–813·68) 781·49 (643·35–962·41) 948·96 (782·94–1140·39) 609·84 (478·05–767·44) 822·09 (655·85–1010·38) 641·84 (496·93–804·18) 758·63 (610·59–934·72) 722·81 (567·26–908·61) 676·10 (557·15–807·10) 730·31 (576·84–909·92) 858·25 (705·57–1039·85) 727·59 (589·30–884·16)
YLDs
All causes 10 802·18 (8088·52–13 958·50) 10 425·76 (7851·91–13 353·63) 11 290·94 (8406·90–14 586·17) 10 674·64 (7935·83–13 944·33) 10 773·61 (8074·54–13 898·43) 11 053·29 (8287·48–14 208·54) 11 340·23 (8536·87–14 745·69) 10 943·17 (8202·74–14 065·21) 10 788·48 (8029·18–13 971·66) 11 507·02 (8592·43–14 929·86) 10 810·59 (8100·11–14 049·02) 10 640·49 (8034·05–13 798·20)
Depressive disorders 808·70 (562·26–1115·11) 815·88 (565·46–1131·74) 784·23 (545·69–1097·05) 809·00 (558·62–1110·67) 796·47 (554·36–1096·28) 803·15 (559·64–1104·89) 802·73 (557·59–1097·05) 803·37 (557·81–1115·31) 815·62 (566·05–1125·68) 775·50 (538·06–1064·77) 807·20 (560·90–1108·03) 805·12 (560·02–1111·36)
Low back pain 700·06 (491·31–935·19) 636·61 (446·46–858·78) 676·16 (475·66–911·80) 693·74 (489·41–929·96) 699·34 (489·67–938·81) 650·50 (456·87–872·68) 697·75 (492·01–936·59) 649·95 (457·22–872·70) 714·15 (502·15–955·39) 680·59 (478·97–918·01) 708·70 (496·05–948·98) 696·20 (491·44–939·63)
Age-related and other hearing loss 552·70 (377·77–779·89) 497·84 (339·19–705·42) 570·96 (390·61–803·10) 556·77 (381·14–783·62) 555·14 (380·23–783·62) 522·77 (355·95–735·71) 534·19 (363·88–753·38) 521·43 (356·40–732·51) 555·32 (382·38–785·18) 581·23 (399·65–815·78) 548·43 (375·68–766·77) 546·33 (378·45–764·55)
Gynaecological diseases 470·78 (322·13–659·38) 481·29 (328·21–675·50) 455·22 (312·70–644·82) 469·82 (319·18–658·88) 449·66 (306·39–628·28) 470·41 (321·92–661·86) 495·18 (337·64–693·84) 460·07 (315·67–644·58) 466·96 (319·69–653·75) 465·32 (319·97–653·11) 474·78 (326·61–668·56) 481·39 (328·00–672·86)
Blindness and vision loss 420·96 (303·10–568·56) 377·40 (269·11–513·85) 345·37 (246·90–475·25) 398·11 (287·31–538·57) 340·08 (243·35–466·43) 460·07 (326·94–618·74) 433·44 (309·91–586·76) 480·91 (345·92–648·06) 398·76 (285·04–540·94) 361·65 (257·49–494·55) 561·13 (399·88–752·72) 373·54 (265·27–508·91)
Dietary iron deficiency 396·03 (261·75–579·23) 270·78 (170·88–410·00) 677·33 (445·84–1002·21) 279·26 (178·41–425·24) 295·35 (188·69–443·84) 655·76 (428·15–947·89) 384·96 (237·99–575·77) 498·52 (309·93–740·57) 419·97 (271·37–623·79) 880·51 (584·83–1267·92) 317·82 (203·95–467·85) 363·84 (229·32–542·94)
Headache disorders 353·16 (95·74–736·24) 356·48 (95·10–742·66) 361·15 (100·71–741·56) 354·09 (94·52–733·63) 366·38 (103·59–758·09) 369·69 (106·00–758·05) 371·41 (104·49–770·89) 368·03 (105·07–769·93) 353·14 (94·41–734·78) 359·97 (101·68–735·93) 341·02 (92·98–711·45) 371·54 (104·53–763·61)
Anxiety disorders 331·14 (230·89–451·16) 337·91 (236·50–467·10) 323·11 (222·71–450·05) 331·25 (227·31–458·40) 327·69 (228·42–452·45) 332·80 (232·93–452·71) 333·21 (231·46–459·70) 331·18 (228·85–454·05) 331·21 (231·77–452·36) 321·53 (223·56–443·42) 331·60 (231·11–453·17) 333·77 (234·71–463·46)
Neonatal disorders 307·52 (235·31–386·04) 415·97 (324·17–521·25) 343·94 (261·06–430·83) 296·22 (222·38–381·17) 244·58 (178·20–320·99) 320·54 (242·03–415·85) 332·68 (253·74–416·02) 311·07 (232·47–396·07) 316·12 (236·97–400·83) 294·52 (225·09–375·65) 278·85 (207·04–362·21) 340·95 (264·91–428·56)
Diabetes 273·67 (189·12–376·26) 304·60 (208·84–414·09) 329·58 (226·31–454·22) 252·09 (172·30–347·55) 305·70 (209·15–416·91) 272·21 (184·97–375·16) 286·69 (197·43–390·81) 294·59 (199·71–403·99) 267·03 (183·63–366·12) 292·86 (200·32–401·45) 301·49 (206·14–415·61) 275·06 (188·07–377·79)
DALYs
All causes 40 990·33 (36 897·07–45 655·97) 35 013·73 (30 677·01–39 789·77) 51 937·77 (45 903·75–58 657·52) 40 301·67 (35 840·43–45 093·49) 51 020·53 (44 712·40–58 120·70) 38 976·71 (34 231·93–44 244·43) 42 763·26 (37 387·28–48 345·43) 39 966·38 (34 978·88–45 495·80) 38 782·03 (34 594·62–43 761·05) 49 185·09 (43 088·93–55 654·39) 43 701·09 (38 844·18–49 315·40) 37 076·01 (32 498·49–42 007·13)
Neonatal disorders 4243·53 (3407·87–5383·87) 1560·86 (1184·97–2048·87) 3678·11 (2912·53–4714·01) 4560·10 (3632·64–5842·72) 5038·75 (3911·71–6573·12) 3919·01 (3014·94–5092·33) 3135·40 (2420·92–4068·21) 3882·25 (2963·08–5013·78) 4278·97 (3442·66–5377·99) 4640·71 (3725·92–5857·79) 4242·27 (3354·08–5420·30) 3075·10 (2470·85–3937·54)
Diarrhoeal diseases 2898·12 (2035·97–3973·63) 883·62 (519·22–1368·20) 3238·45 (2060·54–4572·55) 3096·17 (1847·57–4883·50) 3719·35 (2338·40–5472·50) 1709·42 (1023·41–2655·86) 1985·51 (1155·12–2895·64) 1896·61 (1151·37–2918·70) 2852·77 (1992·59–3944·49) 3419·24 (2318·61–4840·49) 3110·23 (2148·20–4327·32) 2090·39 (1346·77–3000·98)
Lower respiratory infections 2415·69 (2067·80–2845·72) 1294·60 (1075·94–1572·77) 2837·33 (2338·11–3426·68) 2026·77 (1558·85–2552·84) 3583·45 (2784·79–4520·95) 1842·26 (1415·77–2373·02) 1947·45 (1579·22–2359·05) 2069·93 (1605·95–2631·56) 2445·48 (2052·39–2890·30) 3248·92 (2550·29–4023·32) 2709·11 (2251·06–3261·28) 1988·83 (1603·35–2405·10)
Tuberculosis 1853·05 (1539·82–2163·82) 1365·90 (1091·70–1739·66) 4394·22 (3500·95–5424·73) 1827·64 (1334·64–2397·19) 3282·33 (2672·85–3988·04) 1366·14 (1062·32–1718·69) 2230·80 (1742·13–2787·01) 1827·61 (1389·91–2335·15) 1535·95 (1263·04–1869·92) 3281·42 (2478·07–4529·64) 2059·99 (1690·93–2495·88) 1459·48 (1160·08–1813·77)
Stroke 1777·86 (1411·33–2139·63) 2288·71 (1939·56–2701·26) 2803·48 (2234·98–3407·61) 1718·41 (1236·20–2180·15) 2424·41 (1880·92–3038·22) 1738·91 (1294·21–2185·32) 2250·63 (1655·91–2814·25) 2023·00 (1549·06–2524·64) 1516·09 (1161·15–1880·54) 2176·19 (1619·33–2760·15) 1821·65 (1445·18–2239·56) 2214·29 (1709·96–2762·43)
HIV and AIDS 1699·06 (1423·54–2050·66) 4741·01 (3524·37–6230·74) 3009·81 (1996·96–4377·88) 2064·31 (1522·00–2726·20) 1427·33 (807·87–2364·19) 3639·48 (2268·80–5497·00) 4982·49 (3126·23–7529·25) 2325·68 (1429·12–3748·30) 1242·27 (852·62–1783·85) 2118·08 (1495·38–2961·89) 1023·02 (668·79–1488·18) 1723·00 (990·03–2584·84)
Ischaemic heart disease 1579·98 (1184·72–1974·00) 2180·60 (1745·92–2649·50) 2456·51 (1886·94–3173·22) 1522·95 (1064·49–2027·62) 2097·00 (1554·05–2731·21) 1517·08 (1036·11–1987·75) 2025·26 (1449·91–2693·88) 1692·41 (1239·79–2153·44) 1373·85 (973·66–1775·11) 1851·79 (1326·42–2450·78) 1666·45 (1265·22–2134·93) 1746·38 (1234·34–2282·81)
Cirrhosis and other chronic liver diseases 1341·44 (1106·26–1637·42) 1238·39 (963·18–1594·02) 1703·31 (1258·23–2219·46) 1279·48 (922·03–1965·74) 1502·28 (1142·48–1994·06) 1181·00 (860·54–1659·72) 1410·27 (1109·31–1758·63) 1291·36 (969·83–1740·35) 1260·50 (1015·22–1559·15) 1461·72 (1084·96–2028·88) 1622·55 (1292·62–1985·18) 1129·05 (866·49–1440·11)
Diabetes 979·91 (849·79–1115·68) 1086·09 (916·96–1276·16) 1278·55 (1076·67–1489·03) 861·93 (702·22–1040·72) 1127·80 (932·74–1340·89) 914·06 (750·84–1091·97) 1045·32 (870·92–1233·25) 1017·41 (828·70–1218·99) 943·12 (804·51–1093·68) 1023·16 (845·73–1228·82) 1159·74 (974·45–1365·04) 1002·65 (825·12–1181·70)

Data in parentheses are 95% uncertainty intervals. DALY=disability-adjusted life-year. SNNP=Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' region. YLD= years lived with disability. YLL= years of life lost.