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Mauritania
COUNTRY #1
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MAURITANIA VS CONGO

Compare Mauritania and Congo 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.

Congo
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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Congo Population Pyramid
10,701,991
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   Congo CONGO
  Mauritania MAURITANIA   Congo CONGO
       
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
  
44.8
49.4
47.1
116
99
106
1970
45.5
49.9
47.6
135
129
133
  
51.6
56.0
53.8
107
100
105
1980
50.5
54.7
52.5
135
133
134
  
54.1
58.5
56.3
123
121
122
1990
55.6
59.5
57.5
140
136
137
  
54.4
59.5
56.9
145
137
140
2000
58.4
61.6
60.0
133
132
134
  
51.9
54.0
52.9
152
153
152
2010
60.5
63.5
62.0
142
145
143
  
60.7
63.2
62.0
141
147
144
2019
68.1
68.7
68.4
119
141
131
  
63.8
65.6
64.7
140
158
151
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mauritania MAURITANIA   Congo CONGO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
68.1
68.7
119
141
63.8
65.6
140
158
Age
68.1
68.7
119
141
63.8
65.6
140
158
Age 5
73.8
73.6
71
129
67.3
68.6
147
171
Age 10
74.2
73.9
68
127
67.6
68.9
148
172
Age 15
74.3
74.1
68
127
67.8
69.0
148
172
Age 20
74.6
74.3
69
127
68.2
69.4
147
172
Age 25
74.9
74.6
69
127
68.7
69.7
147
172
Age 30
75.3
74.9
70
127
69.2
70.3
147
172
Age 35
75.7
75.2
70
127
69.8
70.9
147
171
Age 40
76.1
75.7
67
128
70.5
71.8
148
173
Age 45
76.6
76.2
66
129
71.4
72.8
150
174
Age 50
77.2
76.9
67
131
72.6
74.1
151
172
Age 55
78.1
77.8
66
134
74.0
75.5
151
171
Age 60
79.1
78.9
71
135
75.7
77.1
150
171
Age 65
80.6
80.3
70
131
77.8
78.9
149
171
Age 70
82.3
82.1
68
125
80.2
80.9
147
170
Age 75
84.6
84.4
67
127
82.9
83.4
146
167
Age 80
87.1
87.0
69
123
86.0
86.3
140
164
Age 85
90.1
90.2
71
112
89.3
89.5
148
165
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mauritania MAURITANIA   Congo CONGO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
97.58
114
133.74
63
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
84.48
39
86.29
37
3. Stroke
74.41
100
120.40
39
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
44.13
41
43.98
42
5. Malaria
43.02
20
49.23
9
6. Diabetes Mellitus
33.08
83
51.04
38
7. Road Traffic Accidents
31.87
44
39.65
27
8. Kidney Disease
28.66
67
29.78
60
9. Cervical Cancer
27.42
20
13.92
60
10. Liver Disease
25.88
73
36.31
40
11. Tuberculosis
24.14
46
75.20
10
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.76
53
20.22
43
13. Prostate Cancer
18.54
72
31.52
25
14. Lung Disease
16.35
131
31.45
46
15. Hypertension
16.11
102
52.27
12
16. Maternal Conditions
16.08
15
12.50
22
17. Low Birth Weight
15.92
3
9.29
42
18. Breast Cancer
14.72
122
9.95
160
19. Malnutrition
13.89
20
9.47
31
20. Violence
13.71
31
11.99
41
21. Liver Cancer
12.80
20
6.39
68
22. Birth Trauma
9.85
27
7.30
48
23. Other Injuries
8.96
76
9.74
68
24. Asthma
8.59
70
13.81
44
25. Meningitis
8.18
39
6.68
42
26. Pertussis
7.56
2
3.65
20
27. Congenital Anomalies
7.27
46
6.57
65
28. HIV/AIDS
7.20
66
101.72
12
29. Falls
6.66
73
7.27
66
30. Stomach Cancer
6.03
91
3.94
131
31. Suicide
5.47
132
11.62
55
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.29
146
4.17
161
33. Parkinson's Disease
4.87
54
4.68
62
34. Inflammatory/Heart
4.86
90
9.18
32
35. Endocrine Disorders
4.39
78
6.36
46
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
4.26
67
5.10
56
37. Ovary Cancer
3.39
128
3.37
130
38. Fires
3.05
47
2.74
56
39. Lung Cancers
2.77
163
2.77
164
40. Lymphomas
2.74
157
2.21
171
41. Drug Use
2.66
30
1.92
49
42. Skin Cancers
2.41
54
1.82
96
43. Syphilis
2.25
6
1.09
33
44. Skin Disease
2.17
54
2.02
62
45. Drownings
2.10
112
1.92
118
46. Bladder Cancer
2.05
93
0.72
168
47. Oral Cancer
2.03
130
1.35
166
48. Epilepsy
1.97
72
2.02
67
49. Pancreas Cancer
1.67
151
1.96
144
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.53
91
2.80
45
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Mauritania MAURITANIA   Congo CONGO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,756
11.66
2,576
7.85
2. Low Birth Weight
2,014
8.52
1,283
3.91
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,656
7.01
1,304
3.97
4. Coronary Heart Disease
1,636
6.92
2,494
7.60
5. Malaria
1,423
6.02
1,977
6.02
6. Stroke
1,307
5.53
2,267
6.90
7. Birth Trauma
1,204
5.10
997
3.04
8. Road Traffic Accidents
1,158
4.90
1,598
4.87
9. Tuberculosis
717
3.03
2,781
8.47
10. Congenital Anomalies
665
2.81
729
2.22
11. Maternal Conditions
639
2.70
578
1.76
12. Diabetes Mellitus
594
2.51
1,050
3.20
13. Liver Disease
586
2.48
931
2.84
14. Pertussis
574
2.43
329
1.00
15. Kidney Disease
555
2.35
613
1.87
16. Violence
491
2.08
539
1.64
17. Malnutrition
462
1.96
272
0.83
18. Meningitis
357
1.51
299
0.91
19. Other Injuries
343
1.45
333
1.01
20. Cervical Cancer
333
1.41
196
0.60
21. Liver Cancer
312
1.32
169
0.51
22. Hypertension
286
1.21
933
2.84
23. Lung Disease
275
1.16
541
1.65
24. Alzheimers & Dementia
251
1.06
230
0.70
25. HIV/AIDS
231
0.98
4,509
13.73
26. Syphilis
204
0.86
107
0.33
27. Endocrine Disorders
197
0.83
208
0.63
28. Breast Cancer
189
0.80
159
0.48
29. Asthma
170
0.72
291
0.89
30. Suicide
141
0.60
349
1.06
31. Falls
140
0.59
149
0.45
32. Stomach Cancer
132
0.56
88
0.27
33. Fires
123
0.52
90
0.27
34. Prostate Cancer
118
0.50
198
0.60
35. Drownings
116
0.49
104
0.32
36. Colon-Rectum Cancers
110
0.47
89
0.27
37. Inflammatory/Heart
110
0.47
220
0.67
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
83
0.35
105
0.32
39. Epilepsy
75
0.32
76
0.23
40. Drug Use
71
0.30
65
0.20
41. Parkinson's Disease
69
0.29
69
0.21
42. Poisonings
67
0.28
71
0.22
43. Lymphomas
65
0.28
61
0.19
44. Lung Cancers
60
0.25
54
0.16
45. Tetanus
58
0.25
23
0.07
46. Skin Cancers
50
0.21
36
0.11
47. Skin Disease
47
0.20
46
0.14
48. Oral Cancer
45
0.19
33
0.10
49. Ovary Cancer
43
0.18
49
0.15
50. Bladder Cancer
42
0.18
15
0.05
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mauritania MAURITANIA   Congo CONGO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
27.42
20
13.92
60
2. Prostate Cancer
18.54
72
31.52
25
3. Breast Cancer
14.72
122
9.95
160
4. Liver Cancer
12.80
20
6.39
68
5. Stomach Cancer
6.03
91
3.94
131
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.29
146
4.17
161
7. Ovary Cancer
3.39
128
3.37
130
8. Lung Cancers
2.77
163
2.77
164
9. Lymphomas
2.74
157
2.21
171
10. Skin Cancers
2.41
54
1.82
96
11. Bladder Cancer
2.05
93
0.72
168
12. Oral Cancer
2.03
130
1.35
166
13. Pancreas Cancer
1.67
151
1.96
144
14. Uterin Cancer
1.46
141
1.40
146
15. Oesophagus Cancer
1.31
140
0.87
164
16. Leukemia
0.73
176
1.70
157
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.