STAR ILLUSTRATION

Lower respiratory infections were the leading cause of death in Africa in 2021.

According to data by Statista, lower respiratory infections accounted for 8.6 percent of all deaths in Africa that year.

It was followed by malaria, which was responsible for 6.5 percent of deaths.

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