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HEALTH PROFILE: Mauritius

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Mauritius MAURITIUS POPULATION PYRAMID
 
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    Mauritius
    COUNTRY PROFILE
    Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
    Mauritius MAURITIUS LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
          World Rank
      Male Female M F
    At Birth
    71.0
    77.3
    89
    86
    Age 5
    72.1
    78.4
    92
    85
    Age 10
    72.2
    78.5
    93
    85
    Age 15
    72.3
    78.5
    95
    85
    Age 20
    72.5
    78.6
    94
    83
    Age 25
    72.8
    78.8
    96
    82
    Age 30
    73.2
    79.0
    94
    81
    Age 35
    73.7
    79.2
    93
    82
    Age 40
    74.3
    79.5
    91
    81
    Age 45
    75.0
    79.9
    89
    81
    Age 50
    75.9
    80.5
    86
    80
    Age 55
    77.1
    81.1
    82
    77
    Age 60
    78.5
    82.0
    82
    75
    Age 65
    80.2
    83.0
    76
    72
    Age 70
    82.2
    84.4
    71
    71
    Age 75
    84.4
    86.1
    72
    67
    Age 80
    87.1
    88.3
    68
    61
    Age 85
    90.1
    90.7
    72
    67
    Mauritius MAURITIUS TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
    1. Diabetes Mellitus
    104.41
    8
    2. Coronary Heart Disease
    102.82
    103
    3. Stroke
    56.52
    121
    4. Kidney Disease
    41.13
    20
    5. Lung Disease
    37.21
    31
    6. Hypertension
    34.14
    34
    7. Breast Cancer
    24.67
    31
    8. Influenza and Pneumonia
    21.53
    108
    9. Prostate Cancer
    16.53
    83
    10. Road Traffic Accidents
    10.85
    122
    11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    10.27
    72
    12. Lung Cancers
    10.21
    103
    13. HIV/AIDS
    9.81
    60
    14. Suicide
    8.75
    87
    15. Liver Disease
    8.61
    136
    16. Inflammatory/Heart
    6.69
    55
    17. Asthma
    6.38
    78
    18. Congenital Anomalies
    6.34
    76
    19. Endocrine Disorders
    6.10
    51
    20. Stomach Cancer
    5.88
    93
    21. Cervical Cancer
    5.26
    122
    22. Ovary Cancer
    4.98
    69
    23. Other Neoplasms
    4.61
    17
    24. Birth Trauma
    4.26
    71
    25. Other Injuries
    4.15
    150
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank
    26. Skin Disease
    3.73
    22
    27. Low Birth Weight
    3.62
    113
    28. Oral Cancer
    3.62
    64
    29. Falls
    3.56
    135
    30. Lymphomas
    3.36
    138
    31. Uterin Cancer
    3.26
    43
    32. Alcohol
    3.15
    31
    33. Pancreas Cancer
    3.13
    106
    34. Liver Cancer
    3.04
    166
    35. Drownings
    3.02
    75
    36. Leukemia
    2.86
    127
    37. Alzheimers & Dementia
    2.41
    177
    38. Epilepsy
    2.36
    51
    39. Violence
    2.18
    128
    40. Anemia
    2.05
    6
    41. Oesophagus Cancer
    2.01
    111
    42. Diarrhoeal diseases
    1.41
    118
    43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    1.26
    140
    44. Bladder Cancer
    1.17
    146
    45. Drug Use
    1.16
    95
    46. Tuberculosis
    1.09
    124
    47. Maternal Conditions
    0.87
    91
    48. Poisonings
    0.74
    80
    49. Parkinson's Disease
    0.70
    179
    50. Fires
    0.62
    130
    Mauritius MAURITIUS TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Deaths %
    1. Diabetes Mellitus
    1,873
    18.89
    2. Coronary Heart Disease
    1,805
    18.21
    3. Stroke
    985
    9.94
    4. Kidney Disease
    724
    7.30
    5. Lung Disease
    646
    6.52
    6. Hypertension
    592
    5.97
    7. Influenza and Pneumonia
    346
    3.49
    8. Breast Cancer
    232
    2.34
    9. Lung Cancers
    182
    1.84
    10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    182
    1.84
    11. Road Traffic Accidents
    155
    1.56
    12. Liver Disease
    145
    1.46
    13. HIV/AIDS
    141
    1.42
    14. Suicide
    120
    1.21
    15. Prostate Cancer
    115
    1.16
    16. Inflammatory/Heart
    108
    1.09
    17. Asthma
    107
    1.08
    18. Stomach Cancer
    104
    1.05
    19. Endocrine Disorders
    101
    1.02
    20. Other Neoplasms
    77
    0.78
    21. Other Injuries
    66
    0.67
    22. Skin Disease
    64
    0.65
    23. Oral Cancer
    63
    0.64
    24. Falls
    57
    0.57
    25. Congenital Anomalies
    57
    0.57
      Deaths %
    26. Lymphomas
    57
    0.57
    27. Liver Cancer
    56
    0.56
    28. Pancreas Cancer
    55
    0.55
    29. Alcohol
    53
    0.53
    30. Cervical Cancer
    49
    0.49
    31. Leukemia
    48
    0.48
    32. Ovary Cancer
    46
    0.46
    33. Drownings
    43
    0.43
    34. Alzheimers & Dementia
    42
    0.42
    35. Birth Trauma
    37
    0.37
    36. Low Birth Weight
    37
    0.37
    37. Epilepsy
    35
    0.35
    38. Oesophagus Cancer
    35
    0.35
    39. Anemia
    33
    0.33
    40. Uterin Cancer
    32
    0.32
    41. Violence
    30
    0.30
    42. Diarrhoeal diseases
    23
    0.23
    43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    22
    0.22
    44. Bladder Cancer
    21
    0.21
    45. Tuberculosis
    17
    0.17
    46. Drug Use
    16
    0.16
    47. Parkinson's Disease
    12
    0.12
    48. Poisonings
    11
    0.11
    49. Maternal Conditions
    11
    0.11
    50. Fires
    10
    0.10
    Mauritius MAURITIUS CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Rate World Rank
    1. Breast Cancer
    24.67
    31
    2. Prostate Cancer
    16.53
    83
    3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    10.27
    72
    4. Lung Cancers
    10.21
    103
    5. Stomach Cancer
    5.88
    93
    6. Cervical Cancer
    5.26
    122
    7. Ovary Cancer
    4.98
    69
    8. Oral Cancer
    3.62
    64
      Rate World Rank
    9. Lymphomas
    3.36
    138
    10. Uterin Cancer
    3.26
    43
    11. Pancreas Cancer
    3.13
    106
    12. Liver Cancer
    3.04
    166
    13. Leukemia
    2.86
    127
    14. Oesophagus Cancer
    2.01
    111
    15. Bladder Cancer
    1.17
    146
    16. Skin Cancers
    0.24
    172
    Mauritius MAURITIUS HEALTH RISK FACTORS
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
    ALCOHOL LITERS
    Total Rank
    4.8
    106
    SMOKING %
    M F Rank
    37.6
    2.9
    48
    112
    OBESITY %
    M F Rank
    5.6
    15.7
    141
    136
    HAPPINESS SCORE
    Total Rank
    6.07
    50
    Mauritius MAURITIUS LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
            World Rank
      Male Female All M F All
    1960
    57.7
    61.2
    59.4
    65
    66
    65
    1970
    60.3
    64.6
    62.4
    70
    69
    67
    1980
    63.4
    68.7
    66.0
    76
    77
    75
    1990
    65.6
    73.4
    69.4
    82
    66
    72
    2000
    67.8
    74.3
    71.0
    85
    75
    81
    2010
    70.1
    76.6
    73.3
    85
    75
    83
    2019
    71.0
    77.3
    74.1
    89
    86
    87
    Mauritius MAURITIUS DEMOGRAPHIC SUMMARY
      Value World Rank
    Population Total
    1.386m
    149
    Sex Ratio M / F
    0.96
    137
    Population 0-14
    19.4%
    133
    Population 15-64
    69.5%
    26
    Population 65 +
    11.1%
    64
    Birth Rate / 1000
    9.86
    162
    Death Rate / 1000
    8.86
    55
    Fertility Rate
    1.73
    146
    Infant Mortality
    10.82
    125
    Sex Ratio At Birth M / F
    1.05
    58
    Sex Ratio Under 15 M / F
    1.04
    125
      Value World Rank
    Sex Ratio 15-64 M / F
    0.99
    109
    Sex Ratio 65 + M / F
    0.71
    147
    Net Migration
    0.00
    65
    Population Growth
    0.52%
    136
    Literacy Total
    91.3%
    105
    Literacy Male
    93.4%
    84
    Literacy Female
    89.4%
    89
    Unemployment
    6.7%
    93
    Life Expectancy / Birth
    74.1
    87
    Healthy Life Expectancy
    63.9
    103
    GDP per Capita USD
    $19,500
    63

    COVID-19 REPORT

      CASES    DEATHS 
    43,025
    1,051
    4/1/24
    Mauritius COVID-19 DEATH SIMULATOR

    A calendar based simulation of Covid-19 deaths compared to historical average of selected Mauritius causes.

     
     
    Mauritius COVID-19 CASE CHART
    CUMULATIVE WITH COUNTRY ADJUSTMENTS
    Mauritius COVID-19 DEATH CHART
    CUMULATIVE WITH COUNTRY ADJUSTMENTS
    Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
    Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
    Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
    WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.