Data on the epidemiology of heart failure in Sub-Saharan Africa

Publication date: Available online 12 February 2018
Source:Data in Brief
Author(s): Ulrich Flore Nyaga, Jean Joel Bigna, Valirie N. Agbor, Mickael Essouma, Ntobeko A.B. Ntusi, Jean Jacques Noubiap
In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), chronic non-communicable diseases and cardiovascular diseases in particular, are progressively taking over infectious diseases as the leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Heart failure is a major public health problem in the region. We summarize here available data on the prevalence, aetiologies, treatment, rates and predictors of mortality due to heart failure in SSA.



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