Table 1. Cardiovascular disease indicators for Rwanda.

Indicators	Male	Female	Total	Year
Status of the national CVD epidemic
Premature CVD mortality (30–70 years old) (% deaths)	-		10	2012
Total CVD mortality (% of deaths)	9.6	14.5	11.9 (31.8)*	2017
Total RHD mortality (% of deaths)	0.14	0.2	0.17 (.5)*	2017
Total RHD mortality (% of deaths)	0.14	0.2	0.17 (.5)*	2017
DALYs attributable to CVD (%)	4.1	5.1	4.6 (14.7)*	2017
AF and atrial flutter (%)	0.13	0.12	0.12 (.5)*	2017
Prevalence of RHD (%)	0.9	1.1	1.0 (.5)*	2017
Tobacco and alcohol
Prevalence of adult tobacco use (. 15 years old (%)**	19.1 (36.1)#	7.1 (6.8)#	-	2013
Prevalence of youth (13–15-year-olds) tobacco use (%)	13.3	9.5		2018
Estimated direct (healthcare-related) cost of tobacco use in your population (in current US$)	-	-	-	2018
Proportion of premature CVD mortality attributable to tobacco (%)	-		1 (10)#	2004
Recorded alcohol consumption per capita (. 15 years) (in litres of pure alcohol) (three-year average)			7.0	2016–18
Raised blood pressure and cholesterol
Population with raised BP (SBP . 140 mmHg or DBP . 90 mmHg) (%)**	16.8 (24.1)#	15.0 (20.1)#	15.9	2013
Population with raised TC (. 5.0 mmol/l) (%)**	2.4	3.3	2.9 (38.9)#	2013
DALYs attributable to hypertension (%)	2.36	3.3	2.81 (8.7)*	2017
Mortality caused by hypertensive heart disease (% of deaths)	0.81	2.94	1.82 (1.7)*	2017
Physical activity
Adolescents (11–17 years old) who are insufficiently active (< 60 minutes of moderate-to vigorous-intensity PA daily) (%)	-	-	- (80.7)#	2010
Adults (age-standardised estimate) who are insufficiently active (< 150 minutes of moderate-intensity PA per week, or < 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity PA per week) (%)	11	17.6	14.6 (27.5)*	2016
Overweight and obesity
Adults (15.64 years old) who are overweight (BMI . 25.< 30 kg/m2) (%)**	9.1	19.0	14.3 (38.9)*	2013
Prevalence of obesity (BMI . 30 kg/m2) (%)**	0.8	4.7	2.8 (13.1)*	2013
Diabetes
Defined population with fasting glucose . 126 mg/dl (7.0 mmol/l) or on medication for raised blood glucose (age-standardised) (%)	4.3 (9)*	4.5 (8)*	4.4	2014
Prevalence of diabetes (20–79 years old) (%)	-	-	5.1 (9.3)##	2019

CVD, cardiovascular disease; RHD, rheumatic heart disease; DALYs, disability-adjusted life years; AF, atrial fibrillation; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP,

diastolic blood pressure; TC, total cholesterol; PA, physical activity; BMI, body mass index.

*IHME Global data¹⁰

**STEPS data⁸

#WHO Global data⁴

##IDF Diabetes Atlas.¹¹