Another revealing set of information describes causes of death in Africa. The following information shows the 20 leading causes of death in sub-Saharan Africa, as collated by the World Health Organisation.154 Table 3: Causes of death in sub-Saharan Africa, 2014 Rank Cause Deaths (000s) % deaths Deaths per 100,000 population 1 HIV/AIDS 1088 11,7 121,9 2 Lower respiratory infections 1039 11,2 116,4 3 Diarrhoeal diseases 603 6,5 67,5 4 Malaria 554 6,0 62,1 5 Stroke 437 4,7 48,9 6 Preterm birth complications 372 4,0 41,6 7 Birth asphyxia and birth trauma 336 3,6 37,7 8 Ischaemic heart disease 312 3,4 35,0 9 Protein-energy malnutrition 284 3,1 31,9 10 Meningitis 246 2,7 27,6 11 Tuberculosis 218 2,4 24,4 12 Road injury 201 2,2 22,5 13 Diabetes mellitus 183 2,0 20,5 14 Neonatal sepsis and infections 174 1,9 19,5 15 Maternal conditions 171 1,9 19,2 16 Congenital anomalies 149 1,6 16,7 17 Cirrhosis of the liver 136 1,5 15,2 18 Interpersonal violence 127 1,4 14,3 19 Fire, heat and hot substances 122 1,3 13,6 20 Endocrine, blood, immune disorders 115 1,2 12,9 All Causes 9274 100,0 1039,1 Source: World Health Organisation, Global Health Estimates 2014 Summary Tables: Deaths by cause, age and sex, by WHO region, 2000-2012, June 2014, http://www.who.int/healthinfo/global_burden_disease/estimates/en/index1.html. 154 World Health Organization, Global Health Estimates 2014 Summary Tables: Deaths by cause, age and sex, by WHO region, 2000-2012 (June 2014). 40