Tobacco smoking in Central African Republic
Data sourced:
2021.
Page updated:
2025-02-10
In the Central African Republic, there is a lack of prevalence data for smoking. However, the available data indicates that smoking-related mortality presents a significant public health concern in the country. In 2021, the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) reported 1,917 deaths attributable to smoking. Among these, there were 281 female deaths and 1,636 male deaths. The percentage of all deaths attributable to tobacco smoking in 2021 was estimated to be 2.6%, with 0.89% among females and 3.88% among males. In comparison, in 2016, the Tobacco Atlas reported a higher total of 3,093 smoking-related deaths, of which 608 were females and 2,485 were males. The percentage of deaths attributable to smoking in 2016 was 5.05% overall, with 1.6% among females and 5.9% among males. Although these data indicate a decline in both the absolute number of smoking-related deaths and their percentage of all-cause mortality from 2016 to 2021, the burden of smoking is still high in the country and thus requires more enhanced efforts to reduce its public health impact.
Smoking-related mortality
| Year |
Value |
Reference/Comment |
|
2016
|
3.1 thousand |
1A
|
|
2021
|
1.9 thousand |
1B
A
|
Comments:
- Number of tobacco-related deaths in the population in 2021 by gender for all age groups. Tobacco-related mortality includes smoking tobacco use, smokeless tobacco use and second-hand smoke.
| Year |
Value |
Reference/Comment |
|
2016
|
608 |
1A
|
|
2021
|
281 |
1B
A
|
Comments:
- Number of tobacco-related deaths in the population in 2021 by gender for all age groups. Tobacco-related mortality includes smoking tobacco use, smokeless tobacco use and second-hand smoke.
| Year |
Value |
Reference/Comment |
|
2016
|
2.5 thousand |
1A
|
|
2021
|
1.6 thousand |
1B
A
|
Comments:
- Number of tobacco-related deaths in the population in 2021 by gender for all age groups. Tobacco-related mortality includes smoking tobacco use, smokeless tobacco use and second-hand smoke.
| Year |
Value |
Reference/Comment |
|
2016
|
5.05% |
1A
|
|
2021
|
2.6% |
1B
A
|
Comments:
- Percentage of tobacco-related deaths to deaths from all causes in 2021 by gender for all age groups. Tobacco-related mortality includes smoking tobacco use, smokeless tobacco use and second-hand smoke.
| Year |
Value |
Reference/Comment |
|
2016
|
1.6% |
1A
|
|
2021
|
0.89% |
1B
A
|
Comments:
- Percentage of tobacco-related deaths to deaths from all causes in 2021 by gender for all age groups. Tobacco-related mortality includes smoking tobacco use, smokeless tobacco use and second-hand smoke.
| Year |
Value |
Reference/Comment |
|
2016
|
5.9% |
1A
|
|
2021
|
3.88% |
1B
A
|
Comments:
- Percentage of tobacco-related deaths to deaths from all causes in 2021 by gender for all age groups. Tobacco-related mortality includes smoking tobacco use, smokeless tobacco use and second-hand smoke.
Comments:
- Number of tobacco-related deaths in the population in 2021 by gender for all age groups. Tobacco-related mortality includes smoking tobacco use, smokeless tobacco use and second-hand smoke.
- Percentage of tobacco-related deaths to deaths from all causes in 2021 by gender for all age groups. Tobacco-related mortality includes smoking tobacco use, smokeless tobacco use and second-hand smoke.
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