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Mauritania
COUNTRY #1
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Compare Mauritania and Mauritius 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.

Mauritius
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
Mauritius Population Pyramid
1,185,525
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mauritania MAURITANIA   Mauritius MAURITIUS
  Mauritania MAURITANIA   Mauritius MAURITIUS
       
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
 
57.7
61.2
59.4
65
66
65
1970
45.5
49.9
47.6
135
129
133
 
60.3
64.6
62.4
70
69
67
1980
50.5
54.7
52.5
135
133
134
 
63.4
68.7
66.0
76
77
75
1990
55.6
59.5
57.5
140
136
137
 
65.6
73.4
69.4
82
66
72
2000
58.4
61.6
60.0
133
132
134
 
67.8
74.3
71.0
85
75
81
2010
60.5
63.5
62.0
142
145
143
 
70.1
76.6
73.3
85
75
83
2019
68.1
68.7
68.4
119
141
131
 
71.0
77.3
74.1
89
86
87
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mauritania MAURITANIA   Mauritius MAURITIUS
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
68.1
68.7
119
141
71.0
77.3
89
86
Age 5
73.8
73.6
71
129
72.1
78.4
92
85
Age 10
74.2
73.9
68
127
72.2
78.5
93
85
Age 15
74.3
74.1
68
127
72.3
78.5
95
85
Age 20
74.6
74.3
69
127
72.5
78.6
94
83
Age 25
74.9
74.6
69
127
72.8
78.8
96
82
Age 30
75.3
74.9
70
127
73.2
79.0
94
81
Age 35
75.7
75.2
70
127
73.7
79.2
93
82
Age 40
76.1
75.7
67
128
74.3
79.5
91
81
Age 45
76.6
76.2
66
129
75.0
79.9
89
81
Age 50
77.2
76.9
67
131
75.9
80.5
86
80
Age 55
78.1
77.8
66
134
77.1
81.1
82
77
Age 60
79.1
78.9
71
135
78.5
82.0
82
75
Age 65
80.6
80.3
70
131
80.2
83.0
76
72
Age 70
82.3
82.1
68
125
82.2
84.4
71
71
Age 75
84.6
84.4
67
127
84.4
86.1
72
67
Age 80
87.1
87.0
69
123
87.1
88.3
68
61
Age 85
90.1
90.2
71
112
90.1
90.7
72
67
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mauritania MAURITANIA   Mauritius MAURITIUS
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
97.58
114
102.82
103
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
84.48
39
21.53
108
3. Stroke
74.41
100
56.52
121
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
44.13
41
1.41
118
5. Malaria
43.02
20
0.00
135
6. Diabetes Mellitus
33.08
83
104.41
8
7. Road Traffic Accidents
31.87
44
10.85
122
8. Kidney Disease
28.66
67
41.13
20
9. Cervical Cancer
27.42
20
5.26
122
10. Liver Disease
25.88
73
8.61
136
11. Tuberculosis
24.14
46
1.09
124
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.76
53
2.41
177
13. Prostate Cancer
18.54
72
16.53
83
14. Lung Disease
16.35
131
37.21
31
15. Hypertension
16.11
102
34.14
34
16. Maternal Conditions
16.08
15
0.87
91
17. Low Birth Weight
15.92
3
3.62
113
18. Breast Cancer
14.72
122
24.67
31
19. Malnutrition
13.89
20
0.24
132
20. Violence
13.71
31
2.18
128
21. Liver Cancer
12.80
20
3.04
166
22. Birth Trauma
9.85
27
4.26
71
23. Other Injuries
8.96
76
4.15
150
24. Asthma
8.59
70
6.38
78
25. Meningitis
8.18
39
0.22
154
26. Pertussis
7.56
2
0.00
169
27. Congenital Anomalies
7.27
46
6.34
76
28. HIV/AIDS
7.20
66
9.81
60
29. Falls
6.66
73
3.56
135
30. Stomach Cancer
6.03
91
5.88
93
31. Suicide
5.47
132
8.75
87
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.29
146
10.27
72
33. Parkinson's Disease
4.87
54
0.70
179
34. Inflammatory/Heart
4.86
90
6.69
55
35. Endocrine Disorders
4.39
78
6.10
51
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
4.26
67
1.26
140
37. Ovary Cancer
3.39
128
4.98
69
38. Fires
3.05
47
0.62
130
39. Lung Cancers
2.77
163
10.21
103
40. Lymphomas
2.74
157
3.36
138
41. Drug Use
2.66
30
1.16
95
42. Skin Cancers
2.41
54
0.24
172
43. Syphilis
2.25
6
0.00
181
44. Skin Disease
2.17
54
3.73
22
45. Drownings
2.10
112
3.02
75
46. Bladder Cancer
2.05
93
1.17
146
47. Oral Cancer
2.03
130
3.62
64
48. Epilepsy
1.97
72
2.36
51
49. Pancreas Cancer
1.67
151
3.13
106
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.53
91
0.20
177
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Mauritania MAURITANIA   Mauritius MAURITIUS
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,756
11.66
346
3.49
2. Low Birth Weight
2,014
8.52
37
0.37
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,656
7.01
23
0.23
4. Coronary Heart Disease
1,636
6.92
1,805
18.21
5. Malaria
1,423
6.02
0
0.00
6. Stroke
1,307
5.53
985
9.94
7. Birth Trauma
1,204
5.10
37
0.37
8. Road Traffic Accidents
1,158
4.90
155
1.56
9. Tuberculosis
717
3.03
17
0.17
10. Congenital Anomalies
665
2.81
57
0.57
11. Maternal Conditions
639
2.70
11
0.11
12. Diabetes Mellitus
594
2.51
1,873
18.89
13. Liver Disease
586
2.48
145
1.46
14. Pertussis
574
2.43
0
0.00
15. Kidney Disease
555
2.35
724
7.30
16. Violence
491
2.08
30
0.30
17. Malnutrition
462
1.96
4
0.04
18. Meningitis
357
1.51
2
0.02
19. Other Injuries
343
1.45
66
0.67
20. Cervical Cancer
333
1.41
49
0.49
21. Liver Cancer
312
1.32
56
0.56
22. Hypertension
286
1.21
592
5.97
23. Lung Disease
275
1.16
646
6.52
24. Alzheimers & Dementia
251
1.06
42
0.42
25. HIV/AIDS
231
0.98
141
1.42
26. Syphilis
204
0.86
0
0.00
27. Endocrine Disorders
197
0.83
101
1.02
28. Breast Cancer
189
0.80
232
2.34
29. Asthma
170
0.72
107
1.08
30. Suicide
141
0.60
120
1.21
31. Falls
140
0.59
57
0.57
32. Stomach Cancer
132
0.56
104
1.05
33. Fires
123
0.52
10
0.10
34. Prostate Cancer
118
0.50
115
1.16
35. Drownings
116
0.49
43
0.43
36. Colon-Rectum Cancers
110
0.47
182
1.84
37. Inflammatory/Heart
110
0.47
108
1.09
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
83
0.35
22
0.22
39. Epilepsy
75
0.32
35
0.35
40. Drug Use
71
0.30
16
0.16
41. Parkinson's Disease
69
0.29
12
0.12
42. Poisonings
67
0.28
11
0.11
43. Lymphomas
65
0.28
57
0.57
44. Lung Cancers
60
0.25
182
1.84
45. Tetanus
58
0.25
0
0.00
46. Skin Cancers
50
0.21
5
0.05
47. Skin Disease
47
0.20
64
0.65
48. Oral Cancer
45
0.19
63
0.64
49. Ovary Cancer
43
0.18
46
0.46
50. Bladder Cancer
42
0.18
21
0.21
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Mauritania MAURITANIA   Mauritius MAURITIUS
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
27.42
20
5.26
122
2. Prostate Cancer
18.54
72
16.53
83
3. Breast Cancer
14.72
122
24.67
31
4. Liver Cancer
12.80
20
3.04
166
5. Stomach Cancer
6.03
91
5.88
93
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.29
146
10.27
72
7. Ovary Cancer
3.39
128
4.98
69
8. Lung Cancers
2.77
163
10.21
103
9. Lymphomas
2.74
157
3.36
138
10. Skin Cancers
2.41
54
0.24
172
11. Bladder Cancer
2.05
93
1.17
146
12. Oral Cancer
2.03
130
3.62
64
13. Pancreas Cancer
1.67
151
3.13
106
14. Uterin Cancer
1.46
141
3.26
43
15. Oesophagus Cancer
1.31
140
2.01
111
16. Leukemia
0.73
176
2.86
127
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.