Cardiovascular diseases were the main cause of casualties in Egypt as of 2019. For each 100 thousand deaths, ****** were caused by the condition. Digestive diseases followed, with a death rate of ***** casualties per 100 thousand. Moreover, neoplasms and cancers were the third main cause of death in the nation, with up to ***** people from every 100 thousand dying from it. Non-communicable diseases were among the four most dominant reasons for deaths in the country with diabetes and kidney diseases ranking fourth.

In 2023, the number of deaths per 1,000 inhabitants in Egypt was ****. Between 1960 and 2023, the figure dropped by *****, though the decline followed an uneven course rather than a steady trajectory.

As of November 18, 2022, the overall deaths due to coronavirus (COVID-19) in Africa reached 257,984. South Africa recorded the highest number of casualties. With over 100,000 deaths, the country accounted for roughly 40 percent of the total. Tunisia was the second most affected on the continent, as the virus made almost 30,000 victims in the nation, around 11 percent of the overall deaths in Africa. Egypt accounted for around 10 percent of the casualties on the continent, with 24,600 victims. By the same date, Africa had recorded more than 12 million cases of COVID-19.