CE-DAT - Centre for research on the epidemiology of disasters

This is a brief analysis of the mortality and nutrition situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo from 2000-2006 based on a summary of surveys, academic articles, and UN documentation. In 2004 the IRC estimated that potentially 3.9 million people died from causes directly or indirectly attributable to the conflict during the years of 1998-2004. Most deaths were from easily preventable and treatable illnesses rather than violence and most mortality rates were higher in the unstable eastern provinces.

Prepared by: Debarati Guha-Sapir, Elizabeth Tschoegl, Olivier Degomme
Date: January 8th, 2007 (Brussels, Belgium).

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