Mensah, GARoth, GASampson, UKMoran, AEFeigin, VLForouzanfar, MHNaghavi, MMurray, CJGBD 2013 Mortality and Causes of Death collaborators2017-03-012017-03-0120152015Cardiovascular Journal of Africa, vol.26 (2 Suppl 1), pp.S6 - S101680-0745https://hdl.handle.net/10292/10352Cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been the leading cause of death in developed countries for most of the last century. Most CVD deaths, however, occur in low- and middle-income, developing countries (LMICs) and there is great concern that CVD mortality and burden are rapidly increasing in LMICs as a result of population growth, ageing and health transitions. In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where all countries are part of the LMICs, the pattern, magnitude and trends in CVD deaths remain incompletely understood, which limits formulation of data-driven regional and national health policies.© 2010 Clinics Cardive Publishing. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.Cardiovascular diseases; Sub-Saharan Africa; Epidemiology; Mortality rate; Global burden of disease; Developing countriesJournal ArticleOpenAccess10.5830/CVJA-2015-036