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Bangladesh
COUNTRY #1
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BANGLADESH VS MAURITANIA

Compare Bangladesh and Mauritania health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Mauritania
COUNTRY #2
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
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Bangladesh Population Pyramid
192,567,779
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
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Mauritania Population Pyramid
9,024,891
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bangladesh BANGLADESH   Mauritania MAURITANIA
  Bangladesh BANGLADESH   Mauritania MAURITANIA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
41.0
39.9
40.5
136
153
144
  
41.5
45.7
43.5
131
123
129
1970
44.8
44.3
44.5
138
153
144
  
45.5
49.9
47.6
135
129
133
1980
48.9
48.7
48.8
142
152
147
  
50.5
54.7
52.5
135
133
134
1990
54.5
55.1
54.8
144
151
146
  
55.6
59.5
57.5
140
136
137
2000
64.9
65.6
65.3
103
124
118
  
58.4
61.6
60.0
133
132
134
2010
68.9
71.1
69.9
95
118
106
  
60.5
63.5
62.0
142
145
143
2019
73.0
75.6
74.3
71
98
85
  
68.1
68.7
68.4
119
141
131
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bangladesh BANGLADESH   Mauritania MAURITANIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
73.0
75.6
71
98
68.1
68.7
119
141
Age
73.0
75.6
71
98
68.1
68.7
119
141
Age 5
75.4
77.8
51
91
73.8
73.6
71
129
Age 10
75.7
78.1
50
91
74.2
73.9
68
127
Age 15
76.0
78.2
48
91
74.3
74.1
68
127
Age 20
76.2
78.4
46
89
74.6
74.3
69
127
Age 25
76.4
78.6
46
89
74.9
74.6
69
127
Age 30
76.6
78.8
48
89
75.3
74.9
70
127
Age 35
76.9
79.0
48
89
75.7
75.2
70
127
Age 40
77.2
79.2
48
87
76.1
75.7
67
128
Age 45
77.6
79.6
51
88
76.6
76.2
66
129
Age 50
78.2
80.0
50
88
77.2
76.9
67
131
Age 55
79.2
80.7
50
87
78.1
77.8
66
134
Age 60
80.3
81.5
49
86
79.1
78.9
71
135
Age 65
81.7
82.6
48
84
80.6
80.3
70
131
Age 70
83.5
84.1
49
82
82.3
82.1
68
125
Age 75
85.4
85.8
49
75
84.6
84.4
67
127
Age 80
87.5
87.8
57
80
87.1
87.0
69
123
Age 85
90.3
90.5
60
73
90.1
90.2
71
112
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bangladesh BANGLADESH   Mauritania MAURITANIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
119.20
41
74.41
100
2. Coronary Heart Disease
94.27
118
97.58
114
3. Lung Disease
41.72
25
16.35
131
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
29.61
52
44.13
41
5. Tuberculosis
25.88
42
24.14
46
6. Diabetes Mellitus
25.49
98
33.08
83
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
22.96
103
84.48
39
8. Road Traffic Accidents
16.74
88
31.87
44
9. Liver Disease
16.64
101
25.88
73
10. Oesophagus Cancer
15.32
4
1.31
140
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
13.89
142
19.76
53
12. Hypertension
13.27
114
16.11
102
13. Oral Cancer
12.13
4
2.03
130
14. Breast Cancer
10.69
152
14.72
122
15. Lung Cancers
10.24
102
2.77
163
16. Kidney Disease
9.14
143
28.66
67
17. Cervical Cancer
7.75
97
27.42
20
18. Asthma
7.70
74
8.59
70
19. Low Birth Weight
7.38
60
15.92
3
20. Birth Trauma
5.68
58
9.85
27
21. Other Injuries
5.56
123
8.96
76
22. Measles
5.50
13
0.12
56
23. Stomach Cancer
5.45
100
6.03
91
24. Congenital Anomalies
4.70
121
7.27
46
25. Drownings
4.55
33
2.10
112
26. Suicide
3.85
153
5.47
132
27. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.57
172
5.29
146
28. Parkinson's Disease
3.49
125
4.87
54
29. Ovary Cancer
3.34
133
3.39
128
30. Prostate Cancer
3.07
173
18.54
72
31. Violence
2.89
115
13.71
31
32. Falls
2.64
159
6.66
73
33. Drug Use
2.34
37
2.66
30
34. Liver Cancer
2.29
178
12.80
20
35. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.25
58
1.53
91
36. Maternal Conditions
2.19
67
16.08
15
37. Lymphomas
2.05
173
2.74
157
38. Malnutrition
1.70
86
13.89
20
39. Meningitis
1.37
70
8.18
39
40. Leukemia
1.29
164
0.73
176
41. Pertussis
1.24
60
7.56
2
42. Inflammatory/Heart
1.20
180
4.86
90
43. Pancreas Cancer
1.15
164
1.67
151
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.01
149
4.26
67
45. Skin Disease
1.01
110
2.17
54
46. Endocrine Disorders
0.98
176
4.39
78
47. Epilepsy
0.97
138
1.97
72
48. Appendicitis
0.93
21
0.36
86
49. Fires
0.89
119
3.05
47
50. Hepatitis B
0.85
43
0.71
49
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Bangladesh BANGLADESH   Mauritania MAURITANIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Stroke
134,166
18.74
1,307
5.53
2. Coronary Heart Disease
108,528
15.16
1,636
6.92
3. Lung Disease
45,699
6.38
275
1.16
4. Tuberculosis
37,175
5.19
717
3.03
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
36,111
5.05
1,656
7.01
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
29,586
4.13
2,756
11.66
7. Diabetes Mellitus
28,976
4.05
594
2.51
8. Road Traffic Accidents
25,023
3.50
1,158
4.90
9. Liver Disease
21,024
2.94
586
2.48
10. Oesophagus Cancer
19,525
2.73
30
0.13
11. Low Birth Weight
17,457
2.44
2,014
8.52
12. Oral Cancer
15,511
2.17
45
0.19
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
14,993
2.09
251
1.06
14. Hypertension
14,776
2.06
286
1.21
15. Birth Trauma
13,392
1.87
1,204
5.10
16. Lung Cancers
12,174
1.70
60
0.25
17. Kidney Disease
10,841
1.51
555
2.35
18. Congenital Anomalies
10,113
1.41
665
2.81
19. Measles
9,021
1.26
9
0.04
20. Asthma
8,893
1.24
170
0.72
21. Other Injuries
7,629
1.07
343
1.45
22. Drownings
7,094
0.99
116
0.49
23. Breast Cancer
6,808
0.95
189
0.80
24. Stomach Cancer
6,799
0.95
132
0.56
25. Suicide
5,998
0.84
141
0.60
26. Cervical Cancer
5,132
0.72
333
1.41
27. Violence
4,623
0.65
491
2.08
28. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4,534
0.63
110
0.47
29. Maternal Conditions
3,920
0.55
639
2.70
30. Parkinson's Disease
3,782
0.53
69
0.29
31. Falls
3,328
0.46
140
0.59
32. Drug Use
2,967
0.41
71
0.30
33. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,922
0.41
34
0.14
34. Liver Cancer
2,884
0.40
312
1.32
35. Lymphomas
2,667
0.37
65
0.28
36. Malnutrition
2,418
0.34
462
1.96
37. Ovary Cancer
2,231
0.31
43
0.18
38. Meningitis
2,105
0.29
357
1.51
39. Pertussis
2,011
0.28
574
2.43
40. Leukemia
1,895
0.26
22
0.09
41. Prostate Cancer
1,664
0.23
118
0.50
42. Inflammatory/Heart
1,485
0.21
110
0.47
43. Pancreas Cancer
1,414
0.20
39
0.17
44. Epilepsy
1,353
0.19
75
0.32
45. Endocrine Disorders
1,335
0.19
197
0.83
46. Fires
1,271
0.18
123
0.52
47. Appendicitis
1,262
0.18
9
0.04
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,251
0.17
83
0.35
49. Syphilis
1,227
0.17
204
0.86
50. Skin Disease
1,131
0.16
47
0.20
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bangladesh BANGLADESH   Mauritania MAURITANIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Oesophagus Cancer
15.32
4
1.31
140
2. Oral Cancer
12.13
4
2.03
130
3. Breast Cancer
10.69
152
14.72
122
4. Lung Cancers
10.24
102
2.77
163
5. Cervical Cancer
7.75
97
27.42
20
6. Stomach Cancer
5.45
100
6.03
91
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.57
172
5.29
146
8. Ovary Cancer
3.34
133
3.39
128
9. Prostate Cancer
3.07
173
18.54
72
10. Liver Cancer
2.29
178
12.80
20
11. Lymphomas
2.05
173
2.74
157
12. Leukemia
1.29
164
0.73
176
13. Pancreas Cancer
1.15
164
1.67
151
14. Bladder Cancer
0.84
162
2.05
93
15. Skin Cancers
0.68
153
2.41
54
16. Uterin Cancer
0.68
170
1.46
141
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.