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Mauritania
COUNTRY #1
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MAURITANIA VS BELARUS

Compare Mauritania and Belarus 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.

Belarus
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
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%
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Belarus Population Pyramid
8,634,216
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
  Mauritania MAURITANIA   Belarus BELARUS
  Mauritania MAURITANIA   Belarus BELARUS
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
41.5
45.7
43.5
131
123
129
  
64.0
72.9
68.3
35
16
31
1970
45.5
49.9
47.6
135
129
133
  
68.0
76.0
71.9
21
6
11
1980
50.5
54.7
52.5
135
133
134
  
65.9
75.6
70.6
54
24
36
1990
55.6
59.5
57.5
140
136
137
  
66.3
75.6
70.8
74
39
57
2000
58.4
61.6
60.0
133
132
134
  
62.6
73.5
68.0
115
84
103
2010
60.5
63.5
62.0
142
145
143
  
64.5
76.3
70.3
122
81
103
2019
68.1
68.7
68.4
119
141
131
  
69.7
79.6
74.8
104
53
79
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mauritania MAURITANIA   Belarus BELARUS
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
68.1
68.7
119
141
69.7
79.6
104
53
Age
68.1
68.7
119
141
69.7
79.6
104
53
Age 5
73.8
73.6
71
129
70.0
79.9
123
63
Age 10
74.2
73.9
68
127
70.0
79.9
125
64
Age 15
74.3
74.1
68
127
70.0
79.9
129
64
Age 20
74.6
74.3
69
127
70.1
80.0
131
64
Age 25
74.9
74.6
69
127
70.3
80.1
136
64
Age 30
75.3
74.9
70
127
70.5
80.2
136
65
Age 35
75.7
75.2
70
127
70.9
80.3
138
64
Age 40
76.1
75.7
67
128
71.4
80.5
139
64
Age 45
76.6
76.2
66
129
72.2
80.9
143
64
Age 50
77.2
76.9
67
131
73.2
81.3
145
63
Age 55
78.1
77.8
66
134
74.4
81.8
144
63
Age 60
79.1
78.9
71
135
76.0
82.5
143
64
Age 65
80.6
80.3
70
131
78.1
83.3
140
68
Age 70
82.3
82.1
68
125
80.6
84.5
132
68
Age 75
84.6
84.4
67
127
83.3
85.9
125
73
Age 80
87.1
87.0
69
123
86.3
88.0
116
74
Age 85
90.1
90.2
71
112
89.8
90.6
96
70
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mauritania MAURITANIA   Belarus BELARUS
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
97.58
114
282.35
10
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
84.48
39
7.00
175
3. Stroke
74.41
100
88.08
87
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
44.13
41
0.10
179
5. Malaria
43.02
20
0.00
82
6. Diabetes Mellitus
33.08
83
2.20
181
7. Road Traffic Accidents
31.87
44
6.48
146
8. Kidney Disease
28.66
67
2.70
181
9. Cervical Cancer
27.42
20
3.98
138
10. Liver Disease
25.88
73
14.66
108
11. Tuberculosis
24.14
46
2.52
100
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.76
53
15.86
125
13. Prostate Cancer
18.54
72
16.14
85
14. Lung Disease
16.35
131
12.05
159
15. Hypertension
16.11
102
2.07
176
16. Maternal Conditions
16.08
15
0.02
182
17. Low Birth Weight
15.92
3
0.98
168
18. Breast Cancer
14.72
122
13.60
126
19. Malnutrition
13.89
20
0.17
144
20. Violence
13.71
31
2.29
124
21. Liver Cancer
12.80
20
2.31
177
22. Birth Trauma
9.85
27
0.40
161
23. Other Injuries
8.96
76
8.33
83
24. Asthma
8.59
70
0.72
146
25. Meningitis
8.18
39
0.29
141
26. Pertussis
7.56
2
0.00
172
27. Congenital Anomalies
7.27
46
2.85
159
28. HIV/AIDS
7.20
66
1.60
112
29. Falls
6.66
73
6.97
69
30. Stomach Cancer
6.03
91
10.43
41
31. Suicide
5.47
132
16.49
22
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.29
146
17.05
12
33. Parkinson's Disease
4.87
54
3.10
141
34. Inflammatory/Heart
4.86
90
10.19
27
35. Endocrine Disorders
4.39
78
1.05
173
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
4.26
67
1.46
133
37. Ovary Cancer
3.39
128
4.83
75
38. Fires
3.05
47
4.48
15
39. Lung Cancers
2.77
163
18.53
62
40. Lymphomas
2.74
157
4.50
99
41. Drug Use
2.66
30
3.17
23
42. Skin Cancers
2.41
54
1.81
99
43. Syphilis
2.25
6
0.01
155
44. Skin Disease
2.17
54
0.19
169
45. Drownings
2.10
112
4.91
27
46. Bladder Cancer
2.05
93
1.70
112
47. Oral Cancer
2.03
130
6.03
30
48. Epilepsy
1.97
72
1.06
131
49. Pancreas Cancer
1.67
151
7.23
40
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.53
91
1.59
85
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Mauritania MAURITANIA   Belarus BELARUS
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,756
11.66
1,086
1.00
2. Low Birth Weight
2,014
8.52
64
0.06
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,656
7.01
13
0.01
4. Coronary Heart Disease
1,636
6.92
53,186
48.88
5. Malaria
1,423
6.02
0
0.00
6. Stroke
1,307
5.53
16,393
15.07
7. Birth Trauma
1,204
5.10
25
0.02
8. Road Traffic Accidents
1,158
4.90
722
0.66
9. Tuberculosis
717
3.03
269
0.25
10. Congenital Anomalies
665
2.81
202
0.19
11. Maternal Conditions
639
2.70
2
0.00
12. Diabetes Mellitus
594
2.51
373
0.34
13. Liver Disease
586
2.48
2,078
1.91
14. Pertussis
574
2.43
0
0.00
15. Kidney Disease
555
2.35
480
0.44
16. Violence
491
2.08
255
0.23
17. Malnutrition
462
1.96
22
0.02
18. Meningitis
357
1.51
36
0.03
19. Other Injuries
343
1.45
1,099
1.01
20. Cervical Cancer
333
1.41
303
0.28
21. Liver Cancer
312
1.32
363
0.33
22. Hypertension
286
1.21
367
0.34
23. Lung Disease
275
1.16
2,208
2.03
24. Alzheimers & Dementia
251
1.06
3,530
3.24
25. HIV/AIDS
231
0.98
167
0.15
26. Syphilis
204
0.86
1
0.00
27. Endocrine Disorders
197
0.83
141
0.13
28. Breast Cancer
189
0.80
1,230
1.13
29. Asthma
170
0.72
122
0.11
30. Suicide
141
0.60
2,004
1.84
31. Falls
140
0.59
952
0.87
32. Stomach Cancer
132
0.56
1,690
1.55
33. Fires
123
0.52
620
0.57
34. Prostate Cancer
118
0.50
936
0.86
35. Drownings
116
0.49
543
0.50
36. Colon-Rectum Cancers
110
0.47
2,886
2.65
37. Inflammatory/Heart
110
0.47
1,361
1.25
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
83
0.35
235
0.22
39. Epilepsy
75
0.32
116
0.11
40. Drug Use
71
0.30
389
0.36
41. Parkinson's Disease
69
0.29
621
0.57
42. Poisonings
67
0.28
311
0.29
43. Lymphomas
65
0.28
672
0.62
44. Lung Cancers
60
0.25
2,950
2.71
45. Tetanus
58
0.25
0
0.00
46. Skin Cancers
50
0.21
272
0.25
47. Skin Disease
47
0.20
31
0.03
48. Oral Cancer
45
0.19
901
0.83
49. Ovary Cancer
43
0.18
429
0.39
50. Bladder Cancer
42
0.18
295
0.27
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mauritania MAURITANIA   Belarus BELARUS
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
27.42
20
3.98
138
2. Prostate Cancer
18.54
72
16.14
85
3. Breast Cancer
14.72
122
13.60
126
4. Liver Cancer
12.80
20
2.31
177
5. Stomach Cancer
6.03
91
10.43
41
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.29
146
17.05
12
7. Ovary Cancer
3.39
128
4.83
75
8. Lung Cancers
2.77
163
18.53
62
9. Lymphomas
2.74
157
4.50
99
10. Skin Cancers
2.41
54
1.81
99
11. Bladder Cancer
2.05
93
1.70
112
12. Oral Cancer
2.03
130
6.03
30
13. Pancreas Cancer
1.67
151
7.23
40
14. Uterin Cancer
1.46
141
3.90
29
15. Oesophagus Cancer
1.31
140
3.20
63
16. Leukemia
0.73
176
3.67
87
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.