A data film · WHO Global Health Estimates 2021
Causes of death in Africa in 2021, by cause and by age.
Each dot you will see is 1,000 people.
About nine minutes, narrated. You can pause at any point and hover the charts to explore the numbers yourself. Best on a laptop or larger screen, with sound.
Prefer to read? The written story · Prefer to poke at the data? The explorable
8.3 Million · Causes of Death in Africa, 2021
Written, directed, designed and edited by Matthew Kuch, with coding support from Claude.
Data: WHO Global Health Estimates 2021, WHO African Region (47 countries;
excludes North African countries assigned to the Eastern Mediterranean Region).
Death counts are point estimates; each dot is 1,000 deaths.